course material

1. Care Setting Environmental Analysis Essay 2
Care Setting Environmental Analysis Essay 2Care Setting Environmental Analysis Essay
2Write a 4–7-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, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis of the care
setting.Note: Each assessment in this course builds on the work you completed in the
previous assessment. Therefore, you must complete the assessments in this course in the
order in which they are presented.SHOW LESSIdentifying analysis techniques for assessing
competitive advantage is important for building health care strategy. Sustaining health care
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 health care environment to determine
whether what is being accomplished in your organization, department, team, community
project, or other care setting is making a positive difference.By successfully completing this
assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies
and assessment criteria:Competency 1: Evaluate qualities and skills that promote effective
leadership within health care organizations.ORDER NOW FOR CUSTOMIZED, PLAGIARISM-
FREE PAPERSAnalyze the leadership characteristics and skills most desired in the person
leading potential performance improvement projects, taking both an appreciative inquiry
(AI) and a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) approach. Care Setting
Environmental Analysis Essay 2Competency 2: Apply strategies to lead high-performing
health care teams to meet organizational quality and safety goals.Synthesize stories and
evidence about times when a care setting performed at its best with regard to quality and
safety goals.Conduct a SWOT analysis of a care setting, with respect to quality and safety
goals.Describe an area of concern identified in a SWOT analysis—relevant to a care setting’s
mission, vision, and values—that should be improved.Compare the AI and SWOT
approaches to analysis with regard to data gathering and interactions with
others.Competency 3: Apply cultural, ethical, and regulatory considerations to leadership
decision making.Propose positive, attainable quality and safety improvement goals for a
care setting.Competency 5: Communicate with stakeholders and constituencies to build
collaborative partnerships and create inclusive work environments.Communicate analyses
clearly and in a way that demonstrates professionalism and respect for stakeholders and
colleagues.Integrate relevant and credible sources of evidence to support assertions,
correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.Suggested ResourcesThe

2. resources provided here are optional. You may use other resources of your choice to
prepare for this assessment; however, you will need to ensure that they are appropriate,
credible, and valid. The MSN-FP6210: Leadership and Management for Nurse Executives
Library Guide can help direct your research, and the Supplemental Resources and Research
Resources, both linked from the left navigation menu in your courseroom, provide
additional resources to help support you.Appreciative Inquiry and SWOTMacCoy, D. J.
(2014). Appreciative inquiry and evaluation – Getting to what works. The Canadian Journal
of Program Evaluation, 29(2), 104–127.Nursing Leadership: Present and Future Needs |
Transcript.Appreciative Inquiry: Core Concepts | Transcript.Review the section on the
dream stage of appreciative inquiry.Vila Health: Comparing AI and SWOT | Transcript.This
media simulation walks you through a scenario within the Vila Health system that will
enable you to analyze a situation in a care setting through both AI and SWOT lenses.Vila
Health: Appreciative Inquiry or SWOT? | Transcript.This media piece presents various brief
scenarios in which either appreciative inquiry or SWOT is the more appropriate
approach.TOWS Analysis in Action: Going Beyond the SWOT Analysis | Transcript.This
media piece will help you to gain a better understanding of the considerations,
categorizations, and applications of SWOT analyses.SHOW LESSStrategic PlanningDeisher,
M. (2013). A systems change: Leading the way to meeting health needs. Journal of Hand
Therapy, 26(3), 282–285, 286.This article illustrates how strategic planning has been used
to implement a new program in a clinic.Leadership Characteristics and SkillsAny of the
following resources are useful in analyzing leadership characteristics and skills:Grossman,
S. C., & Valiga, T. M. (2012). The new leadership challenge: Creating the future of nursing.
Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company.Chapter 2, “The World and New Leadership: Changing
our Thinking About Leadership.”This chapter may help you with an analysis of the
leadership characteristics and skills most desired in a person leading potential performance
improvement projects.American College of Healthcare Executives. (2016). ACHE healthcare
executive 2016 competencies assessment tool [PDF]. Retrieved from
http://www.ache.org/pdf/nonsecure/careers/competencies_booklet.pdfCompetency areas
A–C (including all sub-points as laid out in the ACHE self-assessment) in the Communication
and Relationship Management theme.Competency areas A–D (all sub-points as laid out in
the ACHE self-assessment) in the Leadership theme.American Organization of Nurse
Executives. (2015). Nurse executive competencies [PDF]. Retrieved from
http://www.aone.org/resources/nec.pdfCompetency areas A–G in section 1, the
Communication and Relationship Building theme.Competency areas A–E in section 3, the
Leadership theme.Assessment InstructionsNote: You will use the results of this analysis to
develop a strategic plan in Assessment 2. Care Setting Environmental Analysis Essay
2PreparationYou have been asked to conduct an analysis of your care setting that will result
in two potential pathways toward a strategic plan to improve health care quality and safety
in your organization, department, team, community project, or other care setting. To
accomplish this, you will take two approaches to the analysis:Complete the discovery and
dream phases of an appreciative inquiry (AI) project.Conduct a strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis.To help ensure that your analysis is well-
received, the requester has suggested that you:Present your analysis results in four

3. parts:Part 1: Appreciative Inquiry Discovery and Dream.Part 2: SWOT Analysis.Part 3:
Comparison of Approaches.Part 4: Analysis of Relevant Leadership Characteristics and
Skills.Your analysis should be 4–7 pages in length.Note: Remember, you can submit all, or a
portion, of your draft plan to Smarthinking for feedback before you submit the final version
for this assessment. However, be mindful of the turnaround time for receiving feedback, if
you plan on using this free service.