ESSAY: The Professional Coalition/Organization Project

REQUIREMENTS:
Description of the Identified Healthcare Concern

You are the Vice-President of Nursing Services at a 500 bed facility that provides healthcare to a 6 county region that occurs in two different but adjoining states. Recently you attended a national conference regarding infectious diseases and the potential for their spread with our current global environment. Upon return from the conference, you have a conversation with a local public health official who identifies that there is no regional plan to combat an infectious disease outbreak. In addition, the official noted the presence of several barriers which will make the development of a plan more of a challenge. These include, but are not limited to:

Identification of a plan that would cover a large region and a diverse population of approximately one million people

Identification of a plan that could be coordinated from one facility, but interact successfully with 6 different counties and two different state governments

The presence of a regional airport which increases the opportunity for introducing an infectious disease to the region

From the conversation, you realize that a coalition will be needed and that application of leadership skills at the macro-systems level will be required for the coalition to be successful.
You now accept the challenge to build a coalition within the region to develop a plan that would resist a sudden outbreak of an infectious illness.

Description of the Assignment

The purpose of this project will be to address the above noted healthcare concern occurring within a community by providing leadership at the macro-level to build a coalition. The identified coalition will seek to resolve the healthcare concern.

This assignment will be presented via PowerPoint and will include 10 – 12 slides (excluding title and references slides).
Introduction
Discuss the value and role of leadership at the macro-systems level
Explain the purpose of a coalition to address the specific macro-level concern noted in the case scenario
Identify the sections of the presentation which will follow
Macro-Level Systems Leadership Skills
Identify and describe two specific leadership skills which would be useful at the macro-systems level
Provide rationale for each which is supported by literature
Application of Leadership Skills to Development of a Coalition
Explain how the two identified leadership skills will be applied to leadership of a coalition with respect to the following:
Establishing shared goals and vision
Engagement and collaboration with multiple resources, stakeholders, systems, and organizations
Provide literature support to validate your application
Coalition Development
Based upon the specific case scenario, describe the following:
Draft of a vision statement to guide early coalition efforts
Key stakeholders to engage within the region
Specific systems, organizations, and resources in the region which will be impacted by the work of the coalition
Conclusion
Discuss the importance of leadership at the macro-level
Summarize key points regarding application of leadership skills to the development of a coalition
Provide a self-reflection of learning, including new insights gained through completing this assignment

Criteria for Format and Special Instructions

The PowerPoint Presentation (excluding the Title slide and References slide) should equal10 – 12 (i paid for 12)PowerPoint slides. Points will be lost for not meeting these length requirements.
Speaker notes are required. These notes should expand the information found on the slide.
References are to be cited in the Speaker notes
The textbooks required and lesson information for this course may not be used as a reference for this assignment.
A minimum of 4 (four) scholarly references must be used. Scholarly references need to be current, 5 years or less (anonymous authors or web pages are not acceptable).
Must follow APA guidelines as found in the 6th edition of the manual. Ideas and information that come from readings must be cited and referenced correctly.
Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation are followed and consistent with formal written work as found in the 6th edition of the APA manual.