Foremost, the dimension of contingent rewards could be improved by adhering to the recommendation of daily nurse leader rounding as discussed. A specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bound (SMART) goal for this area would be to conduct daily nurse leader rounds on 90% of eligible patients on the unit by March 15th. This would be considered realistic and attainable if I take the primary action to develop Outlook calendar segmentation to protect time daily for this activity and the secondary step of training additional nursing leaders on the unit to contribute to the daily rounding activities. Lastly, I need to take action to implement a shared tool to promote equal participation for daily nurse leader rounding and the ability to measure success according to the target set of 90% of eligible …show more content…
Specifically undertaking budget advocacy efforts to increase the budgeted funds allotted in the upcoming fiscal year to be administered by the unit-based council leaders for reward to those who engage in unit projects. For example, being able to allot funds to send an engaged team member to a requested conference. A SMART goal that directly addresses this recommendation is the target of completing two focused nursing department specific budget training courses by the second week of March. This goal is realistic and attainable if I take the primary action to submit my electronic registration for the courses by March 1st. This would allow for requisite knowledge and budgeted funds to promote a healthy contingent rewards system that involved the unit based council