Strategic Planning

1.   What did you actually learned from the unit.

I learned about the benefit of strategic planning and how I as a nurse leader can help implement change and initiate goals and plan for the future. I learned that it is important to have short term and long term goals planned for and that there are many elements that need to be there in order for the plan to function and be successful.

2.   Discuss your feelings/experiences from the team activities? Did it change your opinion on the subject? If so, how? If not, why?

The strategic planning activity was interesting. It was difficult trying to think of what we wanted to do to expand our city because I really have never thought about something like this before. It was fun to discuss with my teammates and it was interesting to see what ideas they came up with. I also enjoyed discussing about what MSN program UVU should offer and why. I imagine this is something the university discusses often. I felt that we had some great ideas and good evidence to back it up.

3.   How you will utilize the information learned in your nursing practice.

I can remember this week and utilize the knowledge I gained about strategic planning. I will eventually move into management positions and will have to help plan out the future so remembering the aspects of strategic planning and that it need to have short term and long term goals planned for will be valuable.

4.   Your personal feelings about the material covered.

I thought this week was interesting. The team activity was very unclear and somewhat difficult. I think this material this week was good for us to realize what goes into a good strategic plan and how we can make it successful and what elements it should have.