What kinds of behaviors do you observe in people that tell you whether they are powerful? Which of these behaviors do you consider socially desirable? Which are undesirable?
Does political/professional activism benefit nurses and nursing? Does such activism harm nurses and nursing?
Define clinical significance, and explain the difference between clinical and statistical significance. How can you use clinical significance to support positive outcomes in your project?
Should the physician allow Mike to continue making decisions that seem to him to be irrational and harmful to James?
How do you honor requests as submitted? What if two of the requests for vacations came from RNs scheduled to work the same weekends, and they both asked for exactly the same days off?
What strategies might nurses use to have their voices heard?
. Discuss the definitions, roles and interplay among the three essential components of successful HIT implementation: technology, policies and procedures and organization culture.
What key leadership and management concepts are needed for optimal patient care using this definition? How would you present new strategies to the administration of your facility?
How does the staffing of a given unit relate to thestaffing patterns of the total organization? Should the staffing pattern of a given unit relate to the total organization?
Compare the data for your selected hospital with data from other institutions in the area and across the country, as you think appropriate. (To do this, repeat the steps described above, but this time include these other institutions in your comparison.)
What are the potential benefits of obtaining a certification through each organization? Examine the criteria for certification.
Discuss how a committee on ethics within a hospital changes practices.