Create an 8–10-slide mobilization plan PowerPoint presentation (with detailed speaker’s notes) for a mobilization plan by your health care organization to commit 20 nurses to participate in a 4-month-long multinational effort to treat patients exposed to a highly contagious virus in a hot zone in Africa.
Nursing leaders must incorporate approaches that are inclusive and respectful of all stakeholders in the health care workforce, patient population, and the larger community that is served by the organization. Communication among members of teams, between departments and service lines, within large networks, with strategic business partners, and with patients, families, or support persons requires awareness of various facets of effective communication and cultural competence.
A mobilization plan for an international medical mission requires careful planning of organizational structure roles, power distribution, and team member empowerment.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
- (IMPORTANT) Competency 1: Identify nursing leadership priorities, using a systems perspective.
- -Apply systems thinking to determine a) the impact of the mobilization effort on hospital staffing and b) the actions needed to assure safe, quality care for the mission patients and personnel.
- (IMPORTANT) Competency 2: Apply systems theory and systems thinking to facilitate health care delivery and patient outcomes.
- -Identify the major stakeholders within the health care system that would be affected by the mobilization plan.
- (IMPORTANT) Competency 3: Analyze the role of multiculturalism and diversity in organizational and systems structure and leadership.
- -Examine potential multicultural and diversity issues that mission personnel may encounter.
- (IMPORTANT) Competency 4: Evaluate how power relates to health care organizational structure, behavior, and leadership.
- -Describe the medical mission team’s organizational structure and assess how this structure empowers team members.
- (IMPORTANT) Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is consistent with the expectations of a nursing professional.
