e. Develop skills for working within an institution and a system of governance.
Throughout this assighment I learned how to implement evidence-based research changes into a clinical setting. I had to explore options of how I would implement new changes in my facility and examine how I would manage resistance and promote motivation among employees. I also gained more experience with research conduction. Throughout this assignment, I have learned skills on how to integrate a new implementation process in my institution and also developed a larger capacity on how to identify problems and areas of improvement and how to implement change within a system to affect those areas.
The following artifacts thoroughly examine the development of KSK University curriculum. In this challenging and rewarding project, I participated in the creation of a nursing curriculum. I developed skills that will benefit me in the future in the creation of a curriculum or institutional educational processes, including the course structuring, class objectives, and assessment strategies. I also developed skills to ensure I related the course objectives, assessments, and overall structure to the mission and vision of the instituion. I learned that success within an institution requires one to design a program and practice in a way that will achieve the mission and is guided by the philosphy. A key to success is the assessment and evaluation process to continually identify areas for continuous growth, development, and enhancement.
Shared Governance is defined as a partnership in which every role within the patient care divisions collaborates in problem-solving and decision making to enhance the quality of patient care and our work environment. The foundation of Shared Governance has four guiding principles and skills to create a successful system of governance:
~ Partnership: every person in the organization has a key role in fulfilling its purpose;
~ Equity: each person either lends value to the organization or takes away from the value of the organization;
~ Accountability: each person is accountable for the work to be done; and
~ Ownership: each person must be an owner, both of his or her own work and in the organization. This requires commitment and investment.
Every individual is responsible for making Shared Governance successful in the organization. Shared Governance encourages individuals and groups to have a voice in the organization. There is collaborative effort to have decisions made at the point of care where there can be a positive impact on the patient. If the issue cannot be resolved at the point of care, or has potential to impact a broader scope, the issue is taken to the unit level, a housewide council, an interdisciplinary committee, or other groups as appropriate. Care guidelines, policies and procedures, forms, and teaching sheets are developed, implemented and evaluated as resources for staff. Each patient care area supports an AAC made up of representatives for the patient care roles in that unit. Members of AAC have an equal responsibility with department leadership to own the success of programs and services in their area to impact quality patient care. This requires a commitment to the organization. Housewide councils provide oversight and direction for both clinical nursing practice and professionalism. The purpose and skills developed when acting as a member of AAC include collaboration, teamwork, and defining expactations regarding work completed outside of the meetings to govern the operations and care dlivery for each area within the institution. The key to successful Shared Governance is the work completed in each Area Action Council.