The Leadership Issue Letter is an opportunity to articulate through a nursing perspective, issues concerning healthcare delivery to decision makers within healthcare organizations and other policy arenas. You will provide evidence to support your point of view and identify recommendations for action that reflects the application of transformational leadership concepts that you would use in addressing this issue in a letter format to someone in a leadership position.
Guidelines:
1. Length of assignment is 3-4 pages (i.e. “cover page,” letter, reference page). The “cover page” should be a paragraph describing the leader the letter is intended for.
2. The issue should involve advocating for patients and the nursing profession with a change that focuses on an issue related to client safety and quality improvement within the context of management of care. Use a minimum of one reference when describing the issue.
3. Articulate, through a nursing perspective, the issue concerning healthcare delivery to a decision maker(s) within healthcare organization or other policy arena.
4. Use scholarly literature to support a persuasive argument for change. You will need to describe advantages & disadvantages. You will need to use a minimum of two references when discussing the advantages & disadvantages of the change. The intended change should be feasible.
5. Use language that demonstrates leadership and communication skills to effectively advocate for safety and quality improvement initiatives within the context of the inter-professional team.
6. The letter itself should be single spaced. The cover page and reference page should be double spaced.
Examples of letters concerning a safety and quality improvement include:
Director of Nursing to address night shift workers wellness needs
Nurse Manager of your unit to support and encourage two 15 minute breaks and a full 30 minutes for lunch for all nurses on the unit.
Legislator to address safe staffing ratios.