Write a 4 page executive summary that examines an organization's diversity policies and practices. Becoming a nursing leader requires a good deal of thought, consideration, and evaluation of the qualities you believe are essential for a nurse to effectively lead in the delivery of health care. By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria: Competency 2: Apply systems theory and systems thinking to facilitate health care delivery and patient outcomes. Analyze the impact of a diverse nursing workforce on patient outcomes. Competency 3: Analyze the role of multiculturalism and diversity in organizational and systems structure and leadership. Analyze how a health care organization integrates diversity and multiculturalism into its practices. Analyze current recruitment and retention policies to identify gaps between best practices and current policies. Competency 4: Evaluate how power relates to health care organizational structure, behavior, and leadership. Recommend evidence-based changes to the organizational structure and systems leadership that empower a diverse workforce. Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is consistent with the expectations of a nursing professional. Write content clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and current APA style. Preparation To prepare for this assessment, use the Internet to study the impact of health system's power structure on nursing, leadership, diversity related to empowerment in nursing and patient outcomes, and recruitment of a diverse workforce. You may also wish to look for examples of an executive summary on the Internet. Identify a type of health care facility and examine the Web site and available public information to review the organization of the nursing department, nursing recruitment, and any information about the diversity of the system's workforce and leadership. You may use the health care setting in which you currently work or have worked in the past. Describe the type of organization and region. Example: a major Midwestern teaching hospital or a rehabilitation hospital on the East Coast. Do not report the name of the facility. Deliverable: Executive Summary of Organizational Diversity Read the following scenario: Scenario: The city in which you work has undergone a significant population shift within the last 10 years, due to increased employment, education opportunities, and an influx of immigrants and refugees. To put the population shift in perspective, the local school district enrollment report states that nearly 100 languages are spoken in the schools, up from 32 languages in the last census. Senior leadership has asked you to examine all types of multiculturalism and diversity within your health care organization. To do this, you will need to use a systems perspective to examine the relationship between a diverse workfor ...

1. Write a 4 page executive summary that examines an
organization's diversity policies and practices.
Becoming a nursing leader requires a good deal of thought,
consideration, and evaluation of the qualities you believe are
essential for a nurse to effectively lead in the delivery of health
care.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will
demonstrate your proficiency in the following course
competencies and assessment criteria:
Competency 2: Apply systems theory and systems thinking to
facilitate health care delivery and patient outcomes.
Analyze the impact of a diverse nursing workforce on patient
outcomes.
Competency 3: Analyze the role of multiculturalism and
diversity in organizational and systems structure and leadership.
Analyze how a health care organization integrates diversity and
multiculturalism into its practices.
Analyze current recruitment and retention policies to identify
gaps between best practices and current policies.
Competency 4: Evaluate how power relates to health care
organizational structure, behavior, and leadership.
Recommend evidence-based changes to the organizational
structure and systems leadership that empower a diverse
workforce.

2. Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is consistent with
the expectations of a nursing professional.
Write content clearly and logically, with correct use of
grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and current APA style.
Preparation
To prepare for this assessment, use the Internet to study the
impact of health system's power structure on nursing,
leadership, diversity related to empowerment in nursing and
patient outcomes, and recruitment of a diverse workforce. You
may also wish to look for examples of an executive summary on
the Internet.
Identify a type of health care facility and examine the Web site
and available public information to review the organization of
the nursing department, nursing recruitment, and any
information about the diversity of the system's workforce and
leadership.
You may use the health care setting in which you currently
work or have worked in the past.
Describe the type of organization and region. Example: a major
Midwestern teaching hospital or a rehabilitation hospital on the
East Coast.
Do not report the name of the facility.
Deliverable: Executive Summary of Organizational Diversity
Read the following scenario:
Scenario:

3. The city in which you work has undergone a significant
population shift within the last 10 years, due to increased
employment, education opportunities, and an influx of
immigrants and refugees. To put the population shift in
perspective, the local school district enrollment report states
that nearly 100 languages are spoken in the schools, up from 32
languages in the last census. Senior leadership has asked you to
examine all types of multiculturalism and diversity within your
health care organization.
To do this, you will need to use a systems perspective to
examine the relationship between a diverse workforce and
patient outcomes; identify gaps between best practices and the
organization's diversity policies, and make a recommendation
for organizational change.
In the executive summary:
Analyze the impact of a diverse workforce on patient outcomes.
In what ways or situations might multiculturalism and diversity
impact health care delivery or patient outcomes?
How is diversity defined in the organization?
Analyze how the health care system integrates diversity and
multiculturalism into its practices.
Is the makeup of the organization's leadership representative of
the patient and employee populations? Is this important? What
would you change?
Explain how multiculturalism and diversity can impact health
care delivery or patient outcomes.

4. Analyze current recruitment and retention policies to identify
gaps between best practices and current policies.
Assess the level of integration and importance of
multiculturalism and diversity in a health care organization.
Are all types of diversity recognized and included?
Provide support for your position by including 2 or 3 examples
of the integration of multiculturalism and diversity into the
organization.
Recommend evidence-based changes to the organizational
structure and systems leadership that empower a diverse
workforce.
What changes would you champion as a health care leader to
make the system more responsive to patients and the
organization's workforce?
Make your document easy to scan for readers by:
Using subheadings to organize content.
Using bullet points and phrases for main points, in addition to
short, succinct paragraphs.
Including a visual, such as a graph, table, or chart.
Additional Requirements
Written communication: Written communication should be free
of errors that distract from the overall message.
APA formatting: Resources and in-text citations should be
formatted according to current APA style and formatting.

5. Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point, double-spaced.
Length: Summary report should be 4 pages.
Number of resources: Use a minimum of three peer-reviewed
resources.
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