assume the following scenario:

You are part of a team gathered to plan for growth needs of the hospital surgery department. The hospital you work for is a large non-profit healthcare system in several communities in your state and the system has a good reputation. Your role is a surgery nurse and you have worked in the surgery department of this hospital for 5 years. You are an RN, and you have over 10 years of surgery nursing experience.

Consider the following and discuss with your peers:

1. Who should the members of the team include besides yourself and why?
2. There is an option to expand the current surgery wing in the current hospital, there is an option to lease or purchase land about 15 miles away and build a new surgery center, and there is an option to collaborate with a private surgery group that has several for-profit stand-alone surgery centers in the same area which perform more services than your hospital currently supports. How would you decide which option to recommend and what information would you prepare for your presentation?
3. What risks and challenges could be barriers and how would you plan for risk assessment?
4. Discuss the budget planning and estimation process and key factors to include in your recommendations.