Exam 17: Strategic Planning and Goal Setting

As a nursing leadership student,you have had the opportunity to develop a palliative care manual that will be used by the palliative care network (PCN)in your region for teaching health care providers.The PCN has requested that you provide a prioritized strategic plan of action for the manual on a province-/territory-wide basis.What is the first priority?

Through its strategic planning processes,the strategic planning team at Pacific Hospital learns that nursing staff members are uncomfortable with utilizing evidence-informed practice,and that they perceive that only limited resources are available to support translation of evidence into their usual practice.Because this issue has been identified,the team determines that a plan of action is required to address the issue.Who should be involved in determining this plan?

Which of the following represents an effective goal statement?

From your observation of planning activities in the organization,you have noticed that planning and decision making occur at various levels of the organization.The nurse manager has overall responsibility for which of the following?

The nurse manager is conducting an organizational "SWOT" analysis.When the final step is completed,which of the following would the nurse manager be assessing?