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Discussion: Introduction to the Planning
Process
The nursing process provides a cornerstone for care. Engaging in assessment, diagnosis, planning,
implementation, and evaluation helps to move the patient from his or her current state toward a desired
outcome. How does this correlate with the strategic planning process?
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In this Discussion, you examine similarities and differences between the nursing
process and strategic planning. You also consider why it is important for a nurse
leader-manager to be familiar with the planning hierarchy and to apply business
principles to promote strategic change at the organizational or systems level.
To prepare:
Review the information related to the nursing process and the strategic planning
process addressed in Chapter 4 of the Sare and Ogilvie text and the other
Learning Resources. Think about how the nursing process is similar
to and different from the strategic planning process.
Reflect on the value of nurse leader-managers’ contributions to strategic
planning, as discussed by Dr. Huston in this week’s media.
Using the Walden library, identify an example from the literature that
demonstrates why it is beneficial for nurse leader-managers to be familiar with
the planning hierarchy and why they should be engaged in strategic planning in
addition to and in contrast with operational planning.
By Day 3
Post an explanation of how you view the similarities and differences between the
nursing process and the strategic planning process. Share an example from the
literature that demonstrates why it is beneficial for nurse leader-managers to be
aware of the planning hierarchy and why they should be engaged in strategic
planning in addition to and in contrast with operational planning.
Read a selection of your colleagues’ responses.
Learning Resources
Note: To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the
Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus.
Required Readings
Marquis, B. L., & Huston, C. J. (2015). Leadership roles and management functions in
nursing: Theory and application (8th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams &
Wilkins.
• Chapter 7, “Strategic and Operational Planning” (pp. 138–161)
(Note: You may have read this in a previous course.)
This chapter describes the planning hierarchy and provides foundational information on
strategic planning. As you read, think about distinctions between strategic and
operational planning, as well as why a nurse leader-manager needs to be aware of and
engaged in both.
Sare, M. V., & Ogilvie, L. (2010). Strategic planning for nurses: Change management in
health care. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
• “Introduction” (pp. xiii–xiv)
• Chapter 1, “Why Nursing Needs Strategic Planning: Professional Empowerment
in the New Millennium” (pp. 3–16)
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Chapter 2, “The Healthcare Habitat: The Evolving Professional Home of
Nursing” (pp. 17–40)
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Chapter 3, “The Business That We Find Ourselves In” (pp. 41–53)
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Chapter 4, “Just What Is Strategic Planning?” (pp. 57–82)
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Chapter 1 sets the context for why strategic planning is important for nurses and
introduces key terms, while Chapter 2 addresses the evolving landscape of
healthcare. Chapter 3 explores the merging of nursing care and business, as well
as developments leading up to the current business model of care. Chapter 4
examines the nursing process and strategic planning.
Carney, M. (2009). Enhancing the nurses’ role in healthcare delivery through strategic
management: Recognizing its importance or not? Journal of Nursing Management, 17(6),
707–717.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
The author examines the importance of strategic planning for nurse leader-managers and
the extent to which nurses have adopted strategic planning into language and selfperception.
Fairholm, M. R., & Card, M. (2009). Perspectives of strategic thinking: From controlling
chaos to embracing it. Journal of Management and Organization, 15(1), 17–30.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
This article addresses strategic planning and strategic thinking,which can be used to fill
the gaps of strategic planning.
Lafley, A. G., Martin, R. L., Rivkin, J. W., & Siggelkow, N. (2012). Bringing science to
the art of strategy: Leaders rarely succeed in marrying empirical vigor and creative
thinking. Here’s how they could do better. Harvard Business Review, 90(9), 56–66.
Retrieved from
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/pl/57319184/57319186/32e10ac6b49a087fb3f3b29041
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This article outlines how to blend creativity with a scientific method to succeed in
strategic planning.
Paul, J., Charles, T., & Davis, S. (2011). Plan for success. An effective planning cycle
can reap big rewards. Marketing Health Services, 31(4), 13–15.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
This article describes the planning process used by Geisinger Health System.
Peled, R., & Schenirer, J. (2009). Healthcare strategic planning as part of national and
regional development in the Israeli Galilee: A case study of the planning process. Health
Information Management Journal, 38(3), 43–50.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
This case study demonstrates the application of three phases of strategic planning to
optimally allocate scarce resources.
American Nurses Association. (2012b). The nursing process. Retrieved from
http://nursingworld.org/EspeciallyForYou/What-is-Nursing/Tools-YouNeed/Thenursingprocess.html
This item outlines the nursing process, which is a foundation for nurses in varying roles
and different settings. The nursing process involves assessment, diagnosis,
outcomes/planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Authenticity Consulting. (n.d.a). All about strategic planning. Retrieved March 8, 2013,
from http://managementhelp.org/strategicplanning/index.htm
View the description of strategic planning.
Harvard Business Review. (2013). HBR blog network. Retrieved
from http://blogs.hbr.org
Search for and read blog posts related to strategic planning.
Healthy People 2020. (n.d.). Retrieved January 28, 2012, from
http://healthypeople.gov/2020/default.aspx
View the information related to health care-related issues in the United States and
consider their significance for strategic planning.
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. (n.d.).Retrieved January 28, 2012,
fromhttp://www.iom.edu
Search this site for information related to the current health care environment and
strategic planning.
National Institute of Nursing Research. (2011). Bringing science to life: NINR strategic
plan. Retrieved
from http://www.ninr.nih.gov/AboutNINR/NINRMissionandStrategicPlan
Read the information related to strategic planning for the National Institute of Nursing
Research.
Society for Healthcare Strategy & Market Development. (n.d.). Retrieved January 28,
2012, from http:/www.shsmd.org/
Review the information on this website for information related to strategic planning.
Required Media
Laureate Education (Producer). (2013g). Skills of a nurse leader [Video file]. Retrieved
from https://class.waldenu.edu
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 7 minutes.
Dr. Carol Huston discusses why it is important for nurse leader-managers to become
strategic planners regardless of their role within an organization and how they can
develop the skills and disposition for proactive approaches to change rather than being
reactive to change.
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