Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to consider the value of highly reliable healthcare organizations, and cultural characteristics reflective of highly reliable organizations.Students will identify an existing organizational mission, vision, and values in order to appraise congruence with a culture of excellence.The extent to which the organizational mission, vision, and values reflect a culture of excellence and high reliability will be examined.

Course Learning Outcome

Through this assignment, the student will address the following course learning outcome:

• CO 2: Explain the priority challenges for complex healthcare settings regarding organizational management, leadership, and education for staff and patients (PO #5)

Suggested Due Date

This assignment has a suggested due date of Sunday 11:59 pm MT at the end of Module 2.

Final due date is Sunday 11:59 pm MT at the end of Module 7.

Total Points Possible: 175 Points

Assignment Overview

Identify a healthcare organization where you have worked in the past or currently work. Examine the mission, vision, and values of that organization.Use a minimum of 4 current scholarly sources to support your work and create a 2 page paper to address the following elements:

• Provide an introduction to the paper.
• Explain the importance of high reliability within healthcare systems.Discuss the organizational characteristics that support a culture of excellence and high reliability.Explain the climate and culture within organizations which cultivate a culture of excellence and high reliability.
• Present the mission, vision, and values of a selected organization, and explain the interrelationships between these elements.Discuss how the mission, vision, and values support high reliability and a culture of excellence within the organization.
• Discuss the culture, climate, and leadership within the organization.Consider the degree to which they do or do not support a culture of high reliability.Propose one recommendation to either improve or sustain the culture, climate, and leadership within the organization.
• Provide a conclusion to the paper.

Assignment Instructions

• Abide by the Chamberlain College of Nursing Academic Integrity Policy.
• Sources older than five years may not be used without the permission of the class professor.
• Title page, pagination, subheadings, body of paper, citation of sources, and reference page must follow APA guidelines as found in the current edition of the manual.
• Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, punctuation, sentence and paragraph structure are followed and consistent with formal, scholarly writing as noted in the APA Manual (current edition).
• No more than one short direct quote (15 words or less) may be used in this assignment.
• First person should not be used within this assignment.
• Please note:If you do not receive a proficient rating in any major content category, you can re-submit your assignment with revisions in those content categories to receive a better grade.You have one additional opportunity to revise after the initial submission in order to make improvements. The initial submission must be a complete paper, rough drafts will not be graded. All revisions must be submitted no later than Sunday of Week 7 at 11:59pm. (You cannot revise your graduate level writing style for a higher grade in that category)

Assignment Criteria