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This formative assignment is designed to help you understand how leadership in healthcare organizations shapes patient safety, quality of care, and overall healthcare outcomes. By evaluating leadership principles, you will lay the foundation for mastering effective leadership practices that influence organizational culture and patient care in diverse healthcare settings. 

Instructions: 

  1. Select a patient safety or quality issue in a healthcare setting. 
  2. Based on the transformational leadership style, assess how it aligns with your chosen issue.  
  3. Describe how transformational leadership aligns with the organization’s mission, vision, and culture in addressing the selected issue. 
  4. Explain how the principles of organizational leadership can help you address the healthcare issue, keeping patient safety and care at the forefront. 

Document Type/Template:

  • Word Document

Criteria Ratings

Scholarly Writing

Affirmed Writing is formal in language, avoiding colloquialisms, slang, and overly informal expressions.

Not Affirmed Writing includes colloquialisms, slang, and overly informal expressions.

Writing Mechanics

Affirmed Minor spelling, grammar, and/or punctuation errors present, and/or sentence structure lacks minor elements of professional writing, and/or paragraphs are consistently developed. (1-2 errors)

Not Affirmed Multiple spelling grammar and/or punctuation errors present and/or sentence structure does not meet professional writing standards, and/or paragraphs are minimally developed. (more than 2 errors)

Clarity of Content

Affirmed

Writing demonstrates a strong connection between ideas, ensuring that the reader can follow the logical progression of the arguments.

Not Affirmed

Writing lacks a connection between ideas, and there is no logical progression of the arguments.

All Aspects Addressed

Affirmed Writing addresses multiple relevant aspects of the topic with sufficient detail and analysis, providing a thorough understanding.

Not Affirmed Writing fails to address relevant aspects of the topic with insufficient detail or analysis.

APA Sources (when appropriate)

Affirmed

Citations and references follow the APA style guide, with less than 2 errors.

Not Affirmed

Citations and references are not included when appropriate or do not follow the appropriate APA style guide. There are more than 2 errors.