Discussion Forum Prompt:
SCENARIO:
You are a Nursing Supervisor responsible for the management of Unlicensed Care Providers at a community care agency, such as Paramed. Your agency is having difficulty with staffing levels and retention which has been exasperated further by the most recent wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Your staffing levels have been impacted to the extent that they are now fifty percent of what they were prior to the pandemic.
Due to this staffing crisis, which is similar to all areas of health care at this point in time, you have been given the task of deciding which cases can be put on hold for services. Home Community Care Support Services is expecting a reply after you review the files and decide who can continue to receive care.
Organizational Culture and Climate by answering the following questions in an initial post plus two peer responses:
Imagine you are a Nursing Supervisor, how would you make the decision about who can or who will not receive care?
What political or power issues are involved in making this decision.
Describe how the limited staffing levels in this organization will impact its culture and climate for staff?
As a leader in this organization, what would you do to create a positive working culture in this organization?
