You are the Vice-President of Nursing Services at a 500 bed facility that provides healthcare to a 6 county region that occurs in two different but adjoining states. Recently you attended a national conference regarding infectious diseases and the potential for their spread with our current global environment. Upon return from the conference, you have a conversation with a local public health official who identifies that there is no regional plan to combat an infectious disease outbreak. In addition, the official noted the presence of several barriers which will make the development of a plan more of a challenge. These include, but are not limited to:
From the conversation, you realize that a coalition will be needed and that macro leadership skills are required for the coalition to be successful. You now accept the challenge to build a coalition within the region to develop a plan that would resist a sudden outbreak of an infectious illness.
Description of the Assignment
The purpose of this project will be to address a healthcare concern occurring within a community by providing macro level leadership needed to build a coalition. The identified coalition will seek to resolve the healthcare concern.
title and references slides).
o Introductory slide(s) provided ALL of the following:
o Definition of macro-leadership
o Definition of coalitions
o Explanation why a coalition would be helpful in resolving this identified healthcare concern.
following areas:
o Explain the difference between micro and macro leadership.
o Explain how a macro leader demonstrates:
o Explain how a macro-leader can overcome one disadvantage to using coalitions
o How will you pool available local and state resources?
o How will you foster communication with individuals living in the region as well as local and state governments?
o How will you maintain the energy of the coalition members?
o How will you convince members to work together and avoid turf issues?
o What will be your vision statement for the coalition?
o How many individuals will you have on the steering committee for the coalition?
o What type of individuals would you recruit for steering committee membership?
o How will the coalition interact with local and state governments to develop an acceptable plan?
o How will you evaluate the effectiveness of the coalition?
insights gained (what was learned) regarding macro leadership.
Criteria for Format and Special Instructions
15–20 PowerPoint slides. Points will be lost for not meeting these length requirements.
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indicates a similarity of less than 24% which is the benchmark for CCN graduate nursing
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