1)Describe the importance of making data-driven decisions.

2)Explain a decision your current or former nurse leader made and how this decision impacted the healthcare organization.

3)As a nurse leader, you have received information about an executive administrative decision from the board of trustees that you believe is likely to be unpopular. Formulate a plan to share this decision with the nursing staff.

1)In data-driven decisions, the data allows you to better understand the impact of any decision you make, increasing your confidence and reducing your worries.

2)A former nurse leader once decided to delegate tasks based on individual strengths and weaknesses. This decision has improved workflow and efficiency of the team as a whole.

3)In sharing an unpopular decision, one must be able to understand it first for you to be able to relay it well to the staff. You can't explain something if you yourself do not understand it. Schedule a meeting with the staff. You need to explain it to them at their level of understanding and be open to any questions that they have. Also write a memo to be placed at the station for them to be reminded of this unpopular decision.

Step-by-step explanation

Data is logical and concrete in a way that your "gut" and intuition aren't. The confidence it gives you allows you and the rest of the staff to commit fully to a particular vision or strategy without being overly concerned that the wrong decision has been made.