The Assignment: (4-5 pages)

Using the Organization Meeting Summary template as a guide, address the following:

Introduction

• Identify the organization, location, and participants at the meeting. Indicate the role each person plays in the organization.
• How did you first approach the organization?
• Why did you select this organization?
• Does the organization have a key person for the organization who oversees students doing DNP projects?
• If there is no key person, who represented nursing and/or nursing students at the meeting.

Describe the DNP Project

• Describe exactly what you did to explain the DNP project process at Walden University.
• What questions did the participants have and how did you respond?
• How did you and the organization identify possible gaps in practice or practice changes that might be addressed by the DNP project.
• Describe the gap or problem and cite two sources that justify the gap or problem in nursing.
• What approach (clinical practice guideline, staff education, quality improvement initiative) did you discuss to address a practice gap or practice change?
• What questions did the organization representatives have, and what were your responses?
• How does the proposed practice change support positive social change, diversity, equity, and inclusion?

Project Team

• Who would be the key stakeholders and potential team members (e.g. organization leader, project mentor) for a project to address gap in practice or practice change?

Next Steps

• Describe the information that you provided to the organization regarding the next steps in the process.
• What questions were asked?
• What responses did you have?
• What decisions were made?

Evidence

Explore three sources of current evidence (no older than five (5) years) that could support the project initiative. You may include the two citations you cited under the Describe the DNP Project section.

Summary

• Summarize the strengths and weaknesses of the meeting.
• What would you have done differently?
• What additional information do you need before you meet with your faculty advisor in NURS 8702, project mentoring course. 

HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION 

QUESTION 1

Quality Improvement: Role of management, managerial practices, and importance of managerial involvement.

Discuss it in terms of the concept and application. Support your statements with credible evidence and offer an example.

QUESTION 2

Globalization of Healthcare: Influence on health status, future trends, and key considerations of global health management.

Discuss it in terms of the concept and application. Support your statements with credible evidence and offer an example.

A minimum of two APA references with correlating in-text citation(s)

Each question should have its references

The term “informatics” seems to have a different meaning for many. This week we will learn about the role of informatics in healthcare. For this discussion please respond to each of the following prompts:

1. How would you define the term informatics as it relates to healthcare? 
2. Ask two colleagues what the term healthcare informatics means to them and report on what they have stated.
3. Review the term “informatics” in your textbook (Hebda, Hunter, & Czar, 2019) or a definition offered by another scholarly resource. Then, compare and contrast your perspective, the perspective of your colleagues, and the definition from the text by answering the following:
   1. How do the individual perspectives (yours and your colleagues) align with the textbook or scholarly resource definition?
   2. How are the individual perspectives (you and your colleagues) different than the textbook definition?

For your discussion forum activity this week, introduce yourself to your peers. In your introduction, please address the following:

1. Describe how you have defined healthcare or nursing informatics prior to taking this class.
2. Describe your experience with healthcare informatics in a professional setting. 

The term “informatics” seems to have a different meaning for many. This week we will learn about the role of informatics in healthcare. For this discussion please respond to each of the following prompts:

1. How would you define the term informatics as it relates to healthcare? 
2. Ask two colleagues what the term healthcare informatics means to them and report on what they have stated.
3. Review the term “informatics” in your textbook (Hebda, Hunter, & Czar, 2019) or a definition offered by another scholarly resource. Then, compare and contrastyour perspective, the perspective of your colleagues, and the definition from the text by answering the following:
   1. How do the individual perspectives (yours and your colleagues) align with the textbook or scholarly resource definition?
   2. How are the individual perspectives (you and your colleagues) different than the textbook definition?

After studying Module 3: Lecture Materials & Resources, and reviewing the readings from previous weeks, discuss the following:

Were there any recommendations for practice that you thought could be implemented in your clinical practice tomorrow? Next week? Next year? Provide rationale to support your response.

 Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in the current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.