How does organizational culture influence your topic of interest? If you work at an independent clinic and think you are exempt from organizational woes, do you receive Medicare or Medicaid funding? Could this be an organization affecting your topic of interest?

Week Four

Week four of the practicum experience entailed an exploration of the type of organization or system that may influence the topic of interest. It was important to explore this aspect since various aspects of an organization, such as organization leadership and culture, are known to substantially impact the implementation of quality improvement projects, evidence-based projects, and protocols for patient care (Ost et al.,2020).

Therefore, this week also entailed efforts to answer various questions such as if the organizational culture influences the topic of interest, if Medicare and Medicaid funding is received, and if the organization generally affects the topic of interest. During week four, various clinical activities were undertaken, including:

• An exploration of the nature of the organizations’ structure and hierarchy and how it can impact clinical initiatives.
• Discussions with other healthcare professionals within the organization to help in further understanding of the organization and how the existing structure can be used to help support the clinical initiatives.

It is important to explore various aspects, such as how the targeted goals were achieved during this week. The two objectives that guided this week’s practicum experience included translating research findings into evidence-based practice at the individual and healthcare system levels.

The second objective was to use information technology to evaluate the delivery of healthcare to individuals and internal and community systems. The first objective was achieved by exploring the healthcare system at the practicum site as well as the organizational culture to explore how well it supports clinical initiatives.

As earlier highlighted, the second objective focused on the use of information technology to evaluate the delivery of healthcare to individuals and internal and community systems. As part of the fourth-week experience, there were attempts to review and explore how the organizational structure and hierarchy impact the delivery of healthcare to patients within the healthcare system.

Therefore, the objectives were achieved through deliberate efforts made in the patient care environment. It is important to reflect on the week’s experience and its correlation to the South University’s pillars of nursing. Communication as a pillar or aspect of nursing was again the center of focus in efforts to explore whether the topic of interest can be impacted by the study and hierarchy of the organization (Dang et al.,2021).

It was important to effectively communicate with the leaders during discussions to understand the leadership hierarchy as well as the structure of the leadership. Therefore, the use of effective communication strategies played a critical role in obtaining relevant information. Critical thinking was also used to explore the relationship between organizational factors such as leadership and culture and the delivery of healthcare to individuals in care settings.