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What is the primary focus of operational or short-range plans?
What is the primary focus of operational or short-range plans?
- Investment opportunities
- Long-term strategic development
- Day-to-day maintenance activities (correct)
- Market analysis for the next decade
What is the typical duration for which operational plans are applicable?
What is the typical duration for which operational plans are applicable?
- 4 to 10 years
- Less than an hour
- More than 5 years
- 1 hour to 3 years (correct)
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of short-range planning?
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of short-range planning?
- Involves extensive market forecasting (correct)
- Strategies are less complex compared to long-range plans
- Focuses on regulations and procedures
- Plans can range from annual to hourly
How frequently can short-term planning be conducted?
How frequently can short-term planning be conducted?
What is the purpose of using strengths in short-range planning?
What is the purpose of using strengths in short-range planning?
What characterizes reactive planning?
What characterizes reactive planning?
What is a common outcome of reactive planning?
What is a common outcome of reactive planning?
Which term refers to the tendency to resist change?
Which term refers to the tendency to resist change?
What is a defining trait of interactive planning?
What is a defining trait of interactive planning?
Which characteristic is associated with pre-activism?
Which characteristic is associated with pre-activism?
Why might inactivism result in slow changes?
Why might inactivism result in slow changes?
What is often a goal of organizational management?
What is often a goal of organizational management?
Which of the following statements about goals is true?
Which of the following statements about goals is true?
What is the typical length of a resume?
What is the typical length of a resume?
Which of the following elements is NOT typically included in a resume?
Which of the following elements is NOT typically included in a resume?
How does the layout of a resume differ from that of a curriculum vitae?
How does the layout of a resume differ from that of a curriculum vitae?
What is the main purpose of a resume?
What is the main purpose of a resume?
Which of the following should typically be included in the optional add-ons of a resume?
Which of the following should typically be included in the optional add-ons of a resume?
When updating your resume, what aspect should you continuously revise?
When updating your resume, what aspect should you continuously revise?
Where should references be placed in a resume?
Where should references be placed in a resume?
What characteristic defines a curriculum vitae as opposed to a resume?
What characteristic defines a curriculum vitae as opposed to a resume?
What is primarily affected by the method of performing nursing care?
What is primarily affected by the method of performing nursing care?
Which area requires policy formulation to protect patient rights?
Which area requires policy formulation to protect patient rights?
What contributes to the efficiency of job performance in nursing care?
What contributes to the efficiency of job performance in nursing care?
What describes the proportions of nursing provided by professional nurses versus non-professionals?
What describes the proportions of nursing provided by professional nurses versus non-professionals?
Which method of patient assignment involves a dedicated nurse for each patient?
Which method of patient assignment involves a dedicated nurse for each patient?
What is a common purpose of job descriptions in nursing?
What is a common purpose of job descriptions in nursing?
In what way can centralized services benefit nursing practice?
In what way can centralized services benefit nursing practice?
What role do professional organizations play in nursing policy?
What role do professional organizations play in nursing policy?
What is the main characteristic of a desired aim or condition in organizational goals?
What is the main characteristic of a desired aim or condition in organizational goals?
Which of the following best describes policies within an organization?
Which of the following best describes policies within an organization?
What is the nature of objectives that accompany a desired aim in an organization?
What is the nature of objectives that accompany a desired aim in an organization?
What is a characteristic of procedures in the context of organizational implementation?
What is a characteristic of procedures in the context of organizational implementation?
Which of the following best describes a strategy in an organizational context?
Which of the following best describes a strategy in an organizational context?
What should be the nature of the objectives included in organizational planning?
What should be the nature of the objectives included in organizational planning?
What is the purpose of developing and scheduling strategies and programs in an organization?
What is the purpose of developing and scheduling strategies and programs in an organization?
What is the primary characteristic of a budget as described in the organizational context?
What is the primary characteristic of a budget as described in the organizational context?
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Study Notes
Resume vs. Curriculum Vitae
- Resume: brief summary (1-2 pages)
- Resume: tailored to the specific job applying for
- Curriculum Vitae: more detailed, often more than 2 pages
- Curriculum Vitae: will stay put and only the cover letter changes
Resume and CV Elements
- Resume Elements:
- Job Title
- Employer Name
- City and Country
- Dates of Employment
- Summary of contributions, achievements, and responsibilities
- CV Optional Add-Ons:
- Honors & Awards
- Include Scholarships and award dates
- Skills/Highlights
- Include relevant and valuable skills
- References
- Separate document matching the resume's format
- Honors & Awards
Operational or Short-Range Plans
- "How does one do things right"
- Day-to-day maintenance activities
- Plan time frame: 1 hour to 3 years
- Plans are often less complex than strategic or long-range plans
- May be done annually, quarterly, monthly, weekly, daily, or hourly
- Focus on policies for rules, regulations, and procedures
- Step-by-step process for accomplishing particular objectives
Reactive Planning
- Occurs after a problem already exists
- Planning efforts are directed at returning the organization to a previous state
- Done in response to a crisis
- Can lead to hasty decisions and mistakes
Inactivism
- Seek the status quo, and spend energy preventing change
- Maintain conformity
- Changes occur slowly and incrementally
Pre-Activism
- Future Oriented
- Utilize technology to accelerate change
- Do not value experience, believe the future is always preferable to the present
Interactive
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Consider past, present, and future plans - Focus on the organization's purposes
- Goals:
- Desired aim or condition one is willing to work toward
- Change with time and require periodic reevaluation
- Have multiple objectives with target dates
- Long-term aims that are ambitious and realistic
- Objectives:
- Similar to goals
- Motivate people to a specific end
- Broad statements of intent derived from the beliefs that influence nursing practice
- Must be translated into specific goals and objectives
- Policies:
- Guidelines for the safe and efficient achievement of organizational objectives
- Procedures
- Specific directions for implementing written policies
- Provide guidelines for thinking and actions
- Specific steps for thinking and actions
Goals
- Individual Goals: Personal goals based on desired life outcomes
- Group Goals: organizational goals on a smaller scale
- Organizational Goals: Management goals of the organization to justify its existence
- Short-term Goals
- Long-term Goals
Developing Strategies, Programs, and Projects
- Strategy:
- Improved quality of care
- Impacts number of hours of bedside care
- Decrease the cost of nursing care
- Determine nursing negligence
- Improved quality of care
- DOH, BON, Professional Organizations, and Nursing Programs
- Policies:
- Guidelines for the safe and efficient achievement of organizational objectives
- Areas requiring policy formulation:
- Confusion about responsibility
- Protection of patient and family rights
- Personnel management and welfare
- Methods of Performing Nursing Care
- Simple or complex
- Documentation methods
- Proportion of Nursing Provided
- Professional nurses
- Non-professionals
- Amount & Quality of Supervision Available
- Job description efficiency
- Job classification
- Method of Patient Assignment
- Functional, case, team, or primary
- Amount & Kind of Labor
- Labor-saving devices & equipment
- Amount of Centralized Service Provided
- Sterile supply, central oxygen supply, linen supply
- Nursing Services Requirements of Ancillary Departments
- Clinics, admitting office, ER
- Reports required by administration
- Affiliation of nursing students or medical students
Multitasking
- Trying to get more things done in less time
Budget
- A process of planning
- Developed in various formats depending on organizational structure
- Annual operating plan
- Financial "roadmap" and plan
- Estimate of future costs
- Plan for using manpower, material, and other resources
- Covers capital projects
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