Write a 3-4 page analysis of your care setting that supports development of a strategic plan and includes both the discovery and dream phases of an appreciative inquiry (AI) project and a strengths, opportunities, aspirations, and results (SOAR) analysis
Write a 3-4 page analysis of your care setting that supports development of a strategic plan and includes both the discovery and dream phases of an appreciative inquiry (AI) project and a strengths, opportunities, aspirations, and results (SOAR) analysis of the healthcare setting.
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Introduction Identifying analysis techniques for assessing competitive advantage is important for building healthcare strategy. Sustaining healthcare competitive advantage requires that leaders understand environmental demands to assist with minimizing weakness and threats from the external environment. This assessment provides you with an opportunity to examine your healthcare environment to determine whether what is being accomplished in your organization, department, team, community project, or other care setting is making a positive difference.
Note: You will use the results of this analysis to develop a strategic plan in Assessment 3.
Professional Context Master’s-level nursing leaders need to be able to apply critical thinking and analysis skills in order to discover not only what makes their care settings great, but also to find opportunities to improve gaps. The ability to identify, understand, and leverage opportunities for improvements and consistent high achievement can help nursing leaders ensure their care settings are reliably able to deliver improvements in quality and safety. An understanding of different methods for analyzing a healthcare setting is also important to ensure the right tool is being applied in appropriate circumstances.
Scenario You have been tasked to conduct an analysis of your care setting that will result in two potential pathways for later creating a strategic plan to improve quality and safety. This analysis will include organizational structure. In order to accomplish this, you have been asked to present the discovery and dream phases of an appreciative inquiry (AI) project using the principles of the SOAR model and apply this to the practicum or organization care setting. You will be provided with an opportunity to reflect on the results, as well as evaluate the leadership characteristics and skills that would be desirable for the person leading the potential initiatives that could grow out of your analyses.
Preparation Your work for this assessment will inform some aspects of your later assessments. Look ahead to those assessments to see how they all fit together.
As a part of this assessment, you will be completing a SOAR analysis and must include the completed SOAR Analysis Template [DOCX] document in your submission as a separate attachment. This is a good time to reflect on your readings from Week 2 for examples on the use of SOAR.
You may also want to read the Care Setting SOAR Analysis rubric to better understand how each grading criterion will be assessed.
Instructions The requester of the analysis has stated that you should be sure to address the following in your report.
Note: The bullet points below correspond to grading criteria in the rubric. Be sure your work is, at minimum, addressing each of the bullets.
Part 1: Appreciative Inquiry Discovery and Dream Appraise how the organization’s leadership structure of this care setting promotes quality and safety goals. Explain the results of your SOAR analysis, including: S: Critique the strengths of the organization and how it promotes quality and safety. How are they used to achieve the organization’s goals? O: Explain one area of concern you identified in your SOAR analysis that is relevant to your care setting’s mission, vision, and values. How do you propose pursuing improvements in this area of concern? A: Describe how the organization could reach its goals to improve quality and safety. What strategic initiative supports the organization’s aspirations? R: Describe how meaningful quality outcomes measurements are accomplished through the organizational leadership structure. What evidence-based practices support your approach? Present an analysis of relevant skills and leadership characteristics that would be beneficial in pursuing quality and safety improvement projects that could grow out of the AI approach and SOAR analysis results. Part 2: SOAR Analysis Complete and submit the SOAR Analysis Template [DOCX] and submit as a separate attachment. Address Generally Throughout Report Communicate clearly and effectively with stakeholders and colleagues. Incorporate supporting evidence using APA style citations and references, and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly communication standards. Submission Requirements Length: 3–4 double-spaced, typed pages, not including title page, references, or attached SOAR template. Your report should be succinct yet substantive. SOAR Template: Submit SOAR analysis template as a separate attachment. References: Cite a minimum of 3–5 sources of scholarly or professional evidence to support your analysis. APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style. Competencies Measured By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and rubric criteria:
Competency 1: Evaluate qualities and skills that promote effective leadership within healthcare organizations. Present an analysis of relevant skills and leadership characteristics that would be beneficial in pursuing quality and safety improvement projects that could grow out of the AI approach and SOAR analysis results. Competency 2: Integrate evidence based strategies to lead high performing healthcare teams to meet organizational quality and safety goals. Appraise how the organization’s leadership structure of this care setting promotes quality and safety goals. Critique the strengths of the organization and how it promotes quality and safety. Explain one area of concern you identified in your SOAR analysis relevant to your care setting’s mission, vision, and values. Describe how the organization could reach its goals to improve quality and safety. Describe how meaningful quality outcomes measurements are accomplished through the organizational leadership structure. Competency 6: Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, in an appropriate form and style, consistent with applicable organizational, professional, and scholarly standards. Complete and submit the SOAR analysis template as a separate attachment. Communicate clearly and effectively with stakeholders and colleagues, incorporating supporting evidence using APA style citations and references, and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly communication standards.