6053 – Module 4 – Week 7 discussion board

Discussion: Workplace Environment

Assessment

How healthy is your workplace?
You may think your current organization operates seamlessly, or you may feel it has
many issues. You may experience or even observe things that give you pause. Yet,

much as you wouldn’t try to determine the health of a patient through mere observation,
you should not attempt to gauge the health of your work environment based on
observation and opinion. Often, there are issues you perceive as problems that others
do not; similarly, issues may run much deeper than leadership recognizes.
There are many factors and measures that may impact organizational health. Among
these is civility. While an organization can institute policies designed to promote such
things as civility, how can it be sure these are managed effectively? In this Discussion,
you will examine the use of tools in measuring workplace civility.
To Prepare:
 Review the Resources and examine the Clark Healthy Workplace Inventory, found on page 20
of Clark (2015).
 Review and complete the Work Environment Assessment Template in the Resources.
By Day 3 of Week 7
Post a brief description of the results of your Work Environment Assessment. Based on
the results, how civil is your workplace? Explain why your workplace is or is not civil.
Then, describe a situation where you have experienced incivility in the workplace. How
was this addressed? Be specific and provide examples.

Learning Resources

Required Readings for this week (discussion board)
Marshall, E., & Broome, M. (2017). Transformational leadership in nursing: From expert
clinician to influential leader (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer.
 Chapter 5, “Collaborative Leadership Contexts: Networks, Communication, Decision
Making, and Motivation” (pp. 121–144)
 Chapter 9, “Creating and Shaping the Organizational Environment and Culture to
Support Practice Excellence” (pp. 247–278)
 Chapter 10, “Building Cohesive and Effective Teams” (pp. 279–298)

Clark, C. M., Olender, L., Cardoni, C., & Kenski, D. (2011). Fostering civility in nursing
education and practice: Nurse leader perspectives. Journal of Nursing Administration,
41(7/8), 324–330. doi:10.1097/NNA.0b013e31822509c4
Note: Attached
Clark, C. M. (2018). Combining cognitive rehearsal, simulation, and evidence-based scripting to
address incivility. Nurse Educator. doi:10.1097/NNE.0000000000000563
Note: Attached

Griffin, M., & Clark, C. M. (2014). Revisiting cognitive rehearsal as an intervention
against incivility and lateral violence in nursing: 10 years later. Journal of Continuing
Education in Nursing, 45(12), 535–542. doi:10.3928/00220124-20141122-02
Note: Attached
Required media
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7nL5RC5kdE