What components of the ACA do you think will have a positive effect on improving health care outcomes and decreasing costs? 

Draft a 6-page report on outcome measures, issues, and opportunities for the executive leadership team or applicable stakeholder group.Note: Each assessment in this course builds on the work you completed in the previous assessment. Therefore, you must complete the assessments in this course in the order in which they are presented.SHOW LESSAs a nurse leader, you may be called upon to submit a detailed report to your executive leadership team and key stakeholders that describes a quality or safety problem and its effects on outcomes, fully supported by relevant and credible data.This assessment provides an opportunity to draft such a report in which you can call attention to quality and safety issues and opportunities, effectively support your position, and lay out a plan for change.By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:Competency 1: Analyze quality and safety outcomes from an administrative and systems perspective.Identify typical quality and safety outcomes and their associated measures.Competency 3: Determine how specific organizational functions, policies, processes, procedures, norms, and behaviors can be used to build reliability and high-performing organizations.Analyze organizational functions, processes, and behaviors in high-performing organizations.Determine how organizational functions, processes, and behaviors support and affect outcome measures for an organization.Identify performance issues or opportunities associated with particular organizational functions, processes, and behaviors and the quality and safety outcomes they affect.Competency 4: Synthesize the various aspects of the nurse leader's role in developing, promoting, and sustaining a culture of quality and safety.Outline a strategy for ensuring that all aspects of patient care are measured and that knowledge is shared with the staff.Competency 5: Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, in an appropriate form and style, consistent with applicable organizational, professional, and scholarly standards.Write coherently and with purpose, for a specific audience, using correct grammar and mechanics.Integrate relevant and credible sources of evidence to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.Competency MapCHECK YOUR PROGRESSUse this online tool to track your performance and progress through your course.Toggle DrawerQuestions to ConsiderAs you prepare to complete this assessment, you may want to think about other related issues to deepen your understanding or broaden your viewpoint. You are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community. Note that these questions are for your own development and exploration and do not need to be completed or submitted as part of your assessment.Organizational functions, processes, and behaviors can include leadership practices, communications, quality processes, financial management, safety and risk management, interprofessional collaboration, strategic planning, using the best available evidence, and questioning the status quo on all levels.What are some examples of organizational functions, processes, and behaviors related to the outcome measures and performance issues discussed in your executive summary?How would you implement change in addressing particular issues and opportunities?In what ways do stakeholders support outcome success?Toggle DrawerResourcesRequired ResourcesThe following resources are required to complete the assessment.APA Style Paper Template [DOCX]. Use this template for your report.This assessment is based on the executive summary you prepared in the previous assessment.PreparationYour executive summary captured the attention and interest of the executive leadership team, who have asked you to provide them with a detailed report addressing outcome measures and performance issues or opportunities, including a strategy for ensuring that all aspects of patient care are measured.Note: Remember that you can submit all or a portion of your draft report to Smarthinking for feedback before you submit the final version for this assessment. However, be mindful of the turnaround time of 24–48 hours for receiving feedback, if you plan on using this free service.RequirementsNote: The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the Outcome Measures, Issues, and Opportunities Scoring Guide. Be sure that your written analysis addresses each point, at a minimum. You may also want to read the Outcome Measures, Issues, and Opportunities Scoring Guide and Guiding Questions: Outcome Measures, Issues, and Opportunities (linked in the Resources) to better understand how each criterion will be assessed.Drafting the ReportAnalyze organizational functions, processes, and behaviors in high-performing health care organizations or practice settings.Determine how organizational functions, processes, and behaviors affect outcome measures associated with the systemic problem identified in your gap analysis.Identify the quality and safety outcomes and associated measures relevant to the performance gap you intend to close. Create a spreadsheet showing the outcome measures.Identify performance issues or opportunities associated with particular organizational functions, processes, and behaviors and the quality and safety outcomes they affect.Outline a strategy, using a selected change model, for ensuring that all aspects of patient care are measured and that knowledge is shared with the staff.Writing and Supporting EvidenceWrite coherently and with purpose, for a specific audience, using correct grammar and mechanics.Integrate relevant and credible sources of evidence to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.Additional RequirementsFormat your document using APA style.Use the APA paper template linked in the resources. Be sure to include:A title page and reference page. An abstract is not required.A running head on all pages.Appropriate section headings.Properly-formatted citations and references.Your report should be 6 pages in length, not including the title page and reference page.Add your Quality and Safety Outcomes spreadsheet to your report as an addendum.

Prepare a 10-15 slide PowerPoint presentation, with speaker notes, that examines the significance of an organization's culture and values. For the presentation of your PowerPoint, use Loom to create a voice-over or a video. Refer to the Topic Materials for additional guidance on recording your presentation with Loom. Include an additional slide for the Loom link at the beginning, and an additional slide for References at the end. Outline the purpose of an organization's mission, vision, and values. Explain why an organization's mission, vision, and values are significant to nurse engagement and patient outcomes. Explain what factors lead to conflict in a professional practice. Describe how organizational values and culture can influence the way conflict is addressed. Discuss effective strategies for resolving workplace conflict and encouraging interprofessional collaboration. Discuss how organizational needs and the culture of health care influence organizational outcomes. Describe how these relate to health promotion and disease prevention from a community health perspective.