NURS-FPX4005: Nursing Leadership: Focusing on People, Processes, and Organizations – Assessment 2: Interview and Interdisciplinary Issue Identification

Assessment Overview

For this assessment, you will report on the information that you collected in your interview, analyzing the interview data and identifying a past or current issue that would benefit from an interdisciplinary approach. Submit a 2-4 page report.

Context

Effective leadership in nursing involves understanding how people, processes, and organizations interact to address complex health care issues. This assignment focuses on identifying interdisciplinary opportunities to improve patient outcomes through collaboration.

Task Description

Interview a health care professional such as a fellow learner, nursing colleague, administrator, business partner, or another appropriate person who could provide you with sufficient information regarding an organizational problem that he or she is experiencing or has experienced, or an area in which they are seeking improvements. Then, analyze the data from your interview and identify a health care issue that would benefit from an interdisciplinary approach.

Requirements

• Length: 2-4 pages, not including title and reference pages.
• Format: APA style, 7th edition, double-spaced, Times New Roman 12-point font.
• Sources: Cite at least 3 scholarly sources published within the last 5 years.
• Submission: Submit via the course learning management system by the end of Week 5.

Scoring Guide (Rubric)

The following criteria will be used to evaluate your submission. Strive for Proficient or Distinguished performance.

1. Competency 1: Summarize an interview focused on past or current issues at a health care organization.
   • Distinguished: Summarizes an interview focused on past or current issues at a health care organization and incorporates a critical analysis of the information, including expert insights.
   • Proficient: Summarizes an interview focused on past or current issues at a health care organization.
   • Basic: Describes an interview focused on past or current issues at a health care organization.
   • Non-Performance: Does not describe an interview focused on past or current issues at a health care organization.
2. Competency 2: Describe potential change theories and leadership strategies that could help develop an interdisciplinary solution to an organizational issue.
   • Distinguished: Describes potential change theories and leadership strategies that could help develop an interdisciplinary solution to an organizational issue and explains how the theories and strategies would be effective.
   • Proficient: Describes potential change theories and leadership strategies that could help develop an interdisciplinary solution to an organizational issue.
   • Basic: Identifies change theories and leadership strategies that could help develop an interdisciplinary solution to an organizational issue.
   • Non-Performance: Does not describe potential change theories and leadership strategies that could help develop an interdisciplinary solution to an organizational issue.
3. Competency 3: Describe collaboration approaches from the literature that could be relevant in establishing or improving an interdisciplinary team to address an organizational issue.
   • Distinguished: Describes collaboration approaches from the literature that could be relevant in establishing or improving an interdisciplinary team to address an organizational issue and explains how the approaches could be effective.
   • Proficient: Describes collaboration approaches from the literature that could be relevant in establishing or improving an interdisciplinary team to address an organizational issue.
   • Basic: Identifies collaboration approaches from the literature that could be relevant in establishing or improving an interdisciplinary team to address an organizational issue.
   • Non-Performance: Does not describe collaboration approaches from the literature that could be relevant in establishing or improving an interdisciplinary team to address an organizational issue.
4. Competency 4: Communicate in a manner that is professional and consistent with expectations for internal stakeholders.
   • Distinguished: Communicates in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the health care professions. Adheres to APA guidelines; work is appropriate in length and exhibits flawless spelling, grammar, and syntax.
   • Proficient: Communicates in a manner that is professional and consistent with expectations for members of the health care professions.
   • Basic: Communicates in a manner consistent with expectations for members of the health care professions.
   • Non-Performance: Does not communicate in a manner that is consistent with expectations for members of the health care professions.
   • Develop a 2-4 page paper analyzing interview data to propose interdisciplinary approaches for organizational issues in nursing.

The interview with a nurse manager revealed challenges in coordinating care transitions due to poor communication between departments. Implementing Kotter’s change theory could guide the process by establishing a sense of urgency and building a guiding coalition. Leadership strategies like transformational leadership would empower team members to embrace interdisciplinary collaboration. Evidence from recent studies supports this approach as it enhances patient safety and efficiency. Daily huddles structured around SBAR communication have shown to reduce misunderstandings in similar settings (Müller et al., 2018, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-2998-3). This method ensures all voices are heard and aligns actions toward common goals.

Course: NURS-FPX4005 Nursing Leadership: Focusing on People, Processes, and Organizations

Term: Spring 2026

Weight: 30% of final grade

Due Date: End of Week 5

References

• Müller, M., Jürgens, J., Redaèlli, M., Klingberg, K., Haut, A. and Stock, S., 2018. Impact of the communication and patient hand-off tool SBAR on patient safety: a systematic review. BMJ Open, 8(8), p.e022202. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022202.
• Bender, M., 2018. Models versus theories as a primary carrier of nursing knowledge: A philosophical argument. Nursing Philosophy, 19(1), p.e12189. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/nup.12189.
• Wei, H., Roberts, P., Strickler, J. and Corbett, R.W., 2019. Nurse leaders’ strategies to foster nurse resilience. Journal of Nursing Management, 27(4), pp.681-687. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.12724.
• Cummings, G.G., Tate, K., Lee, S., Wong, C.A., Paananen, T., Micaroni, S.P. and Chatterjee, G.E., 2021. Leadership styles and outcome patterns for the nursing workforce and work environment: A systematic review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 85, p.103642. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2018.04.016.
• Labrague, L.J., De Los Santos, J.A.A., Falguera, C.C., Nwafor, C.E., Galabay, J.R., Rosales, R.A. and Firmo, C.N., 2020. Predictors of nurses’ turnover intention at one and five years’ time. International Nursing Review, 67(2), pp.191-198. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/inr.12581.