NURS 8302 Week 6 Assignment 1: Organizational Culture Assessment Tool

NURS 8302 Week 6 Assignment 1: Organizational Culture Assessment Tool
Assignment 1: Organizational Culture Assessment Tool
Your organization is ready to implement a quality improvement initiative; however, it is becoming increasingly clear that perhaps not everyone is on board with the proposal.
What could be contributing to this potential resistance? How might organizational culture impact or influence the ability to engage in quality improvement initiatives?
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Organizational culture is the shared way of thinking or feeling in a given organization. This culture creates the dynamic for a willingness to change and/or improve. For example, if an organizational culture is one in which change is welcomed to improve and all voices are encouraged to be shared, the implementation of a quality improvement initiative will likely be accepted and supported. However, if an organizational culture is one in which the acknowledgement of mistakes are penalized and only leadership voices are respected, the implementation of a quality improvement initiative may be met with hesitation and skepticism.
For this Assignment, you will consider the impact of cultural and organizational readiness as it relates to the implementation of quality improvement initiatives. You will consider the leadership strategies needed to support these measures and complete an Organizational Culture Assessment Tool.
To Prepare:
Review the Learning Resources regarding the implementation of quality improvement initiatives.
Consider what stakeholders must be present to implement these initiatives, and reflect on the leadership strategies needed for success in promoting quality improvement initiatives in healthcare organizations and nursing practice.
Select a healthcare organization or nursing practice (with which you are familiar) to complete the Organizational Culture Assessment Tool.
The Assignment: (2–3 pages)
Complete the Organizational Culture Assessment Tool for the healthcare organization or nursing practice you selected. Then, address the following:
What is the state of cultural/organizational readiness for quality improvement?
Is the organizational culture present for quality improvement?
What leadership strategies are present in the organization to support quality improvement, positive patient experiences, and healthcare quality?
Reminder: The College of Nursing requires that all papers submitted include a title page, introduction, summary, and references. The Sample Paper provided at the Walden Writing Center provides an example of those required elements (available at ). All papers submitted must use this formatting.
By Day 7
Submit your completed Organizational Culture Assessment Tool and the responses to the prompts for this Assignment by Day 7 of Week 6.
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NURS 8302 Week 6 Assignment 1 Organizational Culture Assessment Tool
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Name: NURS_8302_Week6_Assignment1_Rubric
Excellent Good Fair Poor
Complete the Organizational Culture Assessment Tool for the healthcare organization or nursing practice selected. Points Range: 9 (9%) – 10 (10%)
A fully completed Organizational Culture Assessment Tool for the healthcare organization or nursing practice selected is submitted.
Points Range: 8 (8%) – 8 (8%)
A mostly completed Organizational Culture Assessment Tool for the healthcare organization or nursing practice selected is submitted.
Points Range: 7 (7%) – 7 (7%)
An inaccurate or incomplete Organizational Culture Assessment Tool for the healthcare organization or nursing practice selected is submitted.
Points Range: 0 (0%) – 6 (6%)
An inaccurate and incomplete Organizational Culture Assessment Tool for the healthcare organization or nursing practice selected is submitted, or it is missing.
Assess the state of cultural/organizational readiness for quality improvement. Points Range: 23 (23%) – 25 (25%)
The response accurately and clearly explains in detail an assessment of the state of cultural/organizational readiness for quality improvement.
Points Range: 20 (20%) – 22 (22%)
The response accurately explains and assesses the state of cultural/organizational readiness for quality improvement.
Points Range: 18 (18%) – 19 (19%)
The response inaccurately or vaguely explains and assesses the state of cultural/organizational readiness for quality improvement.
Points Range: 0 (0%) – 17 (17%)
The response inaccurately and vaguely explains and assesses the state of cultural/organizational readiness for quality improvement, or it is missing.
Assess whether organizational culture is present for quality improvement. Points Range: 23 (23%) – 25 (25%)
The response accurately and clearly explains in detail an assessment of whether organizational culture is present for quality improvement.
Points Range: 20 (20%) – 22 (22%)
The response accurately explains an assessment of whether organizational culture is present for quality improvement.
Points Range: 18 (18%) – 19 (19%)
The response inaccurately or vaguely explains an assessment of whether organizational culture is present for quality improvement.
Points Range: 0 (0%) – 17 (17%)
The response inaccurately and vaguely explains an assessment of whether organizational culture is present for quality improvement, or it is missing.
Identify and assess leadership strategies present in the organization to support quality improvement, positive patient experiences, and healthcare quality. Points Range: 23 (23%) – 25 (25%)
The response comprehensively assesses and fully identifies leadership strategies present in the organization to support quality improvement, positive patient experiences, and healthcare quality.
Points Range: 20 (20%) – 22 (22%)
The response identifies and assesses leadership strategies present in the organization to support quality improvement, positive patient experiences, and healthcare quality.
Points Range: 18 (18%) – 19 (19%)
The response inaccurately or vaguely identifies, and may assess, the leadership strategies present in the organization to support quality improvement, positive patient experiences, and healthcare quality.
Points Range: 0 (0%) – 17 (17%)
The response inaccurately and vaguely identifies the leadership strategies present in the organization to support quality improvement, positive patient experiences, and healthcare quality, or it is missing.
Written Expression and Formatting – Paragraph Development and Organization: Paragraphs make clear points that support well-developed ideas, flow logically, and demonstrate continuity of ideas. Sentences are carefully focused—neither long and rambling nor short and lacking substance. A clear and comprehensive purpose statement and introduction is provided which delineates all required criteria. Points Range: 5 (5%) – 5 (5%)
Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity.
A clear and comprehensive purpose statement, introduction, and conclusion is provided which delineates all required criteria.
Points Range: 4 (4%) – 4 (4%)
Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity 80% of the time. Purpose, introduction, and conclusion of the assignment is stated, yet is brief and not descriptive.
Points Range: 3.5 (3.5%) – 3.5 (3.5%)
Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity 60%–79% of the time.
Purpose, introduction, and conclusion of the assignment is vague or off topic.
Points Range: 0 (0%) – 3 (3%)
Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity < 60% of the time. No purpose statement, introduction, or conclusion was provided. Written Expression and Formatting – English writing standards: Correct grammar, mechanics, and proper punctuation Points Range: 5 (5%) – 5 (5%) Uses correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation with no errors. Points Range: 4 (4%) – 4 (4%) Contains a few (1 or 2) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors. Points Range: 3.5 (3.5%) – 3.5 (3.5%) Contains several (3 or 4) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors. Points Range: 0 (0%) – 3 (3%) Contains many (? 5) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors that interfere with the reader’s understanding. Written Expression and Formatting – The paper follows correct APA format for title page, headings, font, spacing, margins, indentations, page numbers, parenthetical/in-text citations, and reference list. Points Range: 5 (5%) – 5 (5%) Uses correct APA format with no errors. Points Range: 4 (4%) – 4 (4%) Contains a few (1 or 2) APA format errors. Points Range: 3.5 (3.5%) – 3.5 (3.5%) Contains several (3 or 4) APA format errors. Points Range: 0 (0%) – 3 (3%) Contains many (? 5) APA format errors. Total Points: 100 Name: NURS_8302_Week6_Assignment1_Rubric