Strategic or Operational
SWOT or SOAR
AONL
IHI
Decentralization and Governance
100

Increase patient satisfaction by 15% over the next three years 

What is Strategic?

100

Our hospital has experienced nurse educators 

What is Strength

100

AONL stands for...

What is American Organization for Nursing Leadership?

100

PDSA stand for

What is plan-do-study-act

100

Moving decision-making authority closer to the people doing the work

What is decentralization?

200

Implement a patient rounding checklist next month.

What is Operational?

200

Another department is interested in developing an interdisciplinary professional education (IPE) partnership

What is Opportunity from SWOT/SOAR?

200

AONL focuses on developing and advancing...

What is Nursing Leadership

200

the primary purpose of the PDSA cycle

What is to test a change, learn from the results, and adapt an intervention

200

collaborative decision-making and accountability between the bedside RNs and nurse leaders

What is shared governance?

300

Become a regional leader in workforce well-being

What is Strategic?

300

What do we want our nursing workforce to look like 5 year from now?

What is Aspiration from SOAR?

300
One AONL competency relevant to today's class

What is Strategic Management?

300

Before implementing a new rounding process one unit tests the process

What is pilot test or testing on small scale before implementing widely

300

A group of frontline RNs that collaborate to make decisions about patient care and clinical standards

What is a Unit Practice Council?

400

Train 95% of staff on the new resilience program by September

What is Operational?

400

"How will we know our workforce strategy has been successful?"

What is Results from SOAR?

400

A nurse manager is developing a grid that aligns strategy with actions she must achieve on her unit. 

What is an Operational Plan?

400

Enhancing patient experience, Reducing costs, improving patient outcomes/population health, improving provider well-being, and advancing health equity

What is the Quintuple Aim?

400

Organizational structures and procedures that help advance flexible and decentralized decision-making?

What is structural empowerment?

500

The nursing department implements quarterly well-being assessments, peer-support programs and monitors turnover

What is Operational

500

Your hospital has: excellent patient satisfaction scores, high nurse turnover, a growing population of older adults, and a new university partnership opportunity. Identify 2 SWOT elements which could also be SOAR elements and which are they. 

What is Strengths: excellent patient satisfaction scores and Opportunity: University Partnership?

500

A nurse leader notices turnover is increasing and instead of immediately hiring more nurses, the leader reviews workforce data, talks with bedside RNs, examines workload and scheduling, identifies barriers, develops a long-term workforce strategy and aligns the strategy with measurable objectives. Identify 2 AONL leadership competencies demonstrated: 

What is workforce leadership and optimization, communication & relationship building, and/or strategic management? 

500

This organization has supported and helped strengthen quality, safety, equity and health outcomes in 62 countries

Who is IHI?

500

The report that challenged nurses to strive for board engagement and join boards of organizations.

What is the IOM The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health report?