Need for Leadership, Communication, Collaboration, and Change Management
It is necessary to implement leadership strategies as leadership roles promote the delegation of tasks and effective working in healthcare. Therefore, it is necessary in achieving positive health outcomes, promoting patient-centered care, and improving the patient experience. Furthermore, leadership requires effective collaboration, communication, and change management to address diabetes in healthcare organizations.
As achieving diabetes-related goals requires some change management such as changing the organizational culture of the traditional way of providing care for diabetes. This will require communication and collaboration with hospital administration, policymakers, and authorities to change hospital culture according to evidence-based practices of treating and managing diabetes.
Documentation of Practicum Hours
I have spent more than two hours with Michael and his family exploring the case, lifestyle, past medical history, etc. These hours spent with Michael have been documented in the CORE ELMS Volunteer Experience Form where details of the meeting are described.
Conclusion
In this capstone project assessment, Michael’s case of diabetes has been addressed where he is unable to manage his disease due to personal factors of health and income. Various literature and professional sources provide guiding actions for nurses to treat and manage diabetes such as educational and psychosocial support, and collaboration with other health professionals such as nutritionists or dieticians. Furthermore, various organizational and governmental policies such as practicing standards for diabetes educators by AADE and ACA impact diabetes by improving the nursing scope of practice and diabetics’ access to diabetes care treatment.
Lastly, leadership strategies such as transformational leadership which empower nurses to make decisions based on their strengths are necessary along with collaboration and communication. This also requires change management in organizational culture in order to obtain improved outcomes, patient-centered care, and enhanced patient satisfaction. The practicum hours spent with Michael and his family have been documented in CORE ELMS Volunteer Form.
References
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American Diabetes Association. (n.d.). Preserving the Affordable Care Act is crucial to people with diabetes. https://diabetes.org/sites/default/files/2020-11/Preserving%20the%20Affordable%20Care%20Act%20is%20Crucial%20to%20People%20with%20Diabetes.pdf
Bradley, S. A., Banach, M., Alvarado, N., Smokovski, I., & Bhaskar, S. M. M. (2021). Prevalence and impact of diabetes in hospitalized patients: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Journal of Diabetes, 14(2), 144–157. https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-0407.13243
California Board of Registered Nursing. (2019). Nursing practice act. https://www.rn.ca.gov/practice/npa.shtml
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