You are the healthcare administrator of a nursing home. You are informed by your admissions Director that a new memory-impaired resident has been admitted into your long-term care unit. The staff is concerned about the involvement of family with your resident. Family members from out-of-town arrived and expressed concern about your resident's do not resuscitate (DNR) orders which were authorized by the Power of Attorney of another family member. A quarrel erupts in the nursing home with family members voicing their opinions loudly. You arrive on the scene and are immediately told by the visiting family member, "Do you know who I am? I am a supervisor for the Department of Health and Human Services and will not hesitate to have your facility surveyed for noncompliance." What do you do?

 

Identify the political healthcare issue(s) facing healthcare administrators in a given scenario and evaluate the political healthcare issue(s) facing healthcare administrators in a given scenario. Discuss how you would effectively and ethically handle the situation as a healthcare administrator, apply two (2) conflict management skills to resolve issues, and build team alliances that support your decisions based on how you handled the situation?