Essential II

Develop and evaluate care delivery approaches that meet current and future needs of patient populations based on scientific findings in nursing and other clinical sciences, as well as organizational, political, and economic sciences.
Ensure accountability for quality of health care and patient safety for populations with whom they work.
- Use advanced communication skills/processes to lead quality improvement and patient safety initiatives in health care systems.
- Employ principles of business, finance, economics, and health policy to develop and implement effective plans for practice-level and/or system-wide practice initiatives that will improve the quality of care delivery.
- Develop and/or monitor budgets for practice initiatives.
- Analyze the cost-effectiveness of practice initiatives accounting for risk and improvement of health care outcomes.
Demonstrate sensitivity to diverse organizational cultures and populations, including patients and providers.
Develop and/or evaluate effective strategies for managing the ethical dilemmas inherent in patient care, the health care organization, and research.

Exemplar One

I have chosen to use this exemplar because it demonstrates how I utilized the principles of economics and finance to design cost effective care strategies that would allow for enhance healthcare delivery and outcomes.

Exemplar Two

I have chosen to use this exemplar because this shows my ability to evaluate organizational initiatives to identify system issues and better facilitate organization-wide changes in practice delivery.

References

American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (AACN). (2006). The essentials of doctoral education for advanced nursing practice [PDF]. https://www.aacnnursing.org/Portals/42/Publications/DNPEssentials.pdf

Essential II

Organizational and Systems Leadership