Prompt

For Milestone Four, you will submit a draft of your planning section to decrease staffing shortages in bedside care nurses. You will provide a comprehensive program plan that includes its objectives (i.e., measurable improvements in behavior, performance, process, or a tangible item that will result from your program); ethical and legal considerations, including a review of the four ethical principles, ensuring appropriate legal and social responsibility of your proposal; financial considerations and their anticipated effect on internal policy and operations; anticipated issue-related outcomes and your plan to address them; and a timeline for meeting program objectives.

Specifically, the followingcritical elementsmust be addressed:

1. Planning Provide a comprehensive program plan that includes the following:
   • Objectivesthat are measurable improvements in behavior, performance, process, or a tangible item that will result from your program. The objectives should not be just a list of activities needed to achieve the final goals but should be markers for how to measure the success of the proposal after implementation. Refer to the module resources on crafting SMART goals for support.
   • Ethical and legal considerations, including a review of the four ethical principles (autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, and justice), ensuring appropriate social responsibility of your proposal.
   • Financial considerations, including any potential financial impact your proposal will have for the organization and an evaluation of the required resources to implement and sustain your proposal.
   • Anticipated issues-related outcomesand your plan to address them. Be sure to address the anticipated effect on internal policy and operations.
   • Atimelinefor meeting program objectives.