Implementation of Adequate Staffing, Diversification, and Nurse's Education

Training and Policy Implementation
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Policy Overview
Mercy Medical Centre's diabetic dashboard indicates the two diabetes underperforming metrics, which include foot tests and A1c screening. The performance of these tests is far below the benchmarks placed by federal, state, and local policies and laws. The policies entail adequate staffing, cultural and ethnic diversification, patient and healthcare practitioners' education, optimization of the center's culture, and strict policy enforcement procedures. Inadequate staffing is significant for any medical center to avoid overlooking some tests by practitioners who are overwhelmed or fatigued due to overworking.
Cultural and ethnic diversification eliminates biased cultural beliefs and language barriers. Hence, patients and doctors can interact freely, without prejudice, and in a language that both can understand. Since diabetes is a complicated disease, it requires the collaboration of both doctors and patients. For instance, diabetic patients have to regularly self-examine their feet and report any ulcers that might result in serious complications, such as amputation. Patients must also be informed of their lifestyles to control the amount of glucose in their blood.
Optimizing the organizational culture ensures staff members are motivated to continue providing quality services to patients. These policies have the potential to improve the quality of care provided for diabetes patients, improving the underperforming metrics. However, their effective functioning requires strict enforcement procedures to implement fully. For instance, disciplinary actions must be introduced to punish members who fail to follow the laid down policies.
Impacts of Policies
The mentioned policies place key responsibilities on diabetes patients, their healthcare practitioners, and the medical center's administration. Nazar et al. (2016) explain that although diabetes is a serious disease, it can be managed by treating and properly controlling it. The disease's self-management, facilitated by education and training, has proved to be an effective management tool. Patients should be aware of the nature of diabetes, the risk factors, complications that might arise due to missed doctor appointments or tests, and treatment measures. Similarly, Christie et al. (2009) explain that better diabetes knowledge and education on how to control and manage the ailment at the right time minimizes the chances for complications to emerge, reducing mortality and morbidity rates.
Nikitara et al. (2019) discuss the significance of nurses' education. Their study explains that diabetic patients spend most of their time in hospitals. Thus, nurses must have adequate knowledge, skills, and experience on how to manage the disease and avoid complications. It is critical to identify the roles of nurses in diabetic care and the barriers that prevent them from performing their tasks effectively. Optimization of the organizational culture results in the creation of a favorable environment where healthcare practitioners, patients, and the administration can co-exist. Such a setting motivates staff members to work towards realizing the set goals and objectives. An environment where employees are appreciated, recognized, and rewarded for work well done encourages them to follow the established procedures and treatment to the latter.
Significance of the Pilot Group
Patients, healthcare practitioners, and the administration are the group targeted by the policies formulated. As explained earlier, these stakeholders are critical in managing and controlling diabetes. The disease directly affects patients who can clearly explain their symptoms and maintain their lifestyles. Nurses and doctors should perform all the necessary tests on patients to identify the risk factors and assess and manage the levels of sugar in the patient's blood. The efficient functioning of doctors and nurses (which leads to quality patient care) is facilitated by a positive organizational culture.
Training is significant in imparting knowledge on diabetes, its risk factors, complications, and management and control techniques. It will entail equipping the administration with the necessary expertise to create a favorable environment, such as cultural diversity and a positive working atmosphere. Training materials will include pamphlets, books, research work and journals on diabetes, and teaching and illustration by experts.
Annotated Agenda
The training sessions will run from 10:00 AM to 12.00 AM. It will be as follows:
1 The session will begin with a word of prayer from various individuals of diverse religions and cultures. This is key because it acts as a building block for the medical facility's cultural and ethnic diversity. This session will take 30 minutes...