Introduction
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant damage to the general health of the population and forced a review of safety measures. However, the developed COVID-19 vaccine has improved the chances of normalizing the situation in the world and reduced the severity of the symptoms of the disease. This paper focuses on the Appreciative Inquiry Discovery and Dream, which highlights evidence of the success of security objectives in terms of vaccination and suggests new opportunities for quality improvement.
Appreciative Inquiry Discovery and Dream
To comply with the discovery phase, conversations with colleagues – the head nurse and the head physician of the department were chosen. This included their thoughts on the success of COVID-19 vaccination within the institution. The chief nurse said that after vaccinating more than 50% of the staff, the spread of the virus in the camps of the institution has noticeably decreased. This approach has made it possible to protect patients to a greater extent than was observed at the beginning of the pandemic (Soares et al., 2021). In addition, the doctor explained that the institution had launched a patient education program aimed at dispelling myths about vaccination and explaining their positive effects.
The relevance of the vaccine can be traced through a variety of evidence. First of all, after vaccination, people became easier to tolerate the symptoms of the disease. This has improved survival rates for COVID-19 worldwide (Ndwandwe & Wiysonge, 2021). Furthermore, vaccinated staff were able to provide visitors with enhanced safety. Moreover, as cases among workers have declined, institutions require less additional assistance. Vaccinating a large proportion of people means that long-term restrictions on the disease may be completely lifted in the near future.
Other evidence supporting the success of vaccination for safety includes the following data. First of all, the institution allocates fewer funds to invite additional workers. In addition, data showing mortality statistics in the institutions due to complications of COVID-19 have decreased significantly (Rosenberg et al., 2022). Vaccinated patients more easily endure the severity of the disease in the wake of developed immunity. However, further goals can be proposed to improve the institution’s security. One of them is to increase employees’ awareness of COVID-19 vaccination. Another goal is to reduce disease transmission within the institution’s walls.
In addition, these goals will lead to ethical and culturally sensitive improvements in quality and safety. The rights of staff to voluntary vaccination will be respected, but their awareness will be raised. Moreover, employees will be able to openly access COVID-19 vaccination statistics, allowing them to make informed decisions. The goals are consistent with the institution’s mission, vision, and values, as their main task is to ensure the safety of patients and employees. The population’s general health is considered a priority area of the organization’s activities (Ciotti et al., 2020). Accordingly, by giving open access to information and explaining the importance of vaccination, the institution’s administration will be able to comply with the mission and values.
SWOT Analysis
Strengths include reducing the spread of disease in the facility through a vaccination education program. Weaknesses can be a lack of awareness about vaccination that interferes with sound judgment. However, to improve the situation, there are opportunities that are aimed at increasing the number of materials on the benefits of vaccination. Threats include the eventual refusal of more workers from voluntary vaccination. The analysis shows that it is possible to prevent the spread of the virus and secure the facility only with the voluntary vaccination of employees. The evaluation tools are data before and after the vaccination of some employees. The main conclusion is the need for vaccination, which will lead to the goal of protecting patients from the spread of the virus. Accordingly, an area of concern is the readiness of staff for vaccination, which can reduce the incidence of the disease as the main goal of the institution. This problem does not provide proper patient safety, which is not consistent with the mission.
Comparison of Approaches
In terms of analysis and results, AI provides more accurate perspectives through interviewing employees, while SWOT highlights superficial views. This needs to provide a sufficient basis for further research. Therefore, thinking in the study of care conditions will focus on AI as a complete description and SWOT as an opportunity to make a quick assessment. The types of data and evidence included post-vaccination cases and incidence information. The similarities between the approaches are that they show the idea’s weaknesses, but the main difference is that AI gives a broader view of the issue.
Relevant Leadership Characteristics and Skills
According to both approaches, a leader’s main qualities should be communication skills and a desire to achieve goals. Communication skills will help the leader to implement a successful AI-based project, as the approach is aimed at interviews and discussions. For a SWOT-based project, it is necessary to have constructive thinking skills to highlight specific problems. Thus, the shared characteristics for both approaches can be the ability to manage the ongoing changes, for which one needs to develop strong relationships with employees and motivate others to succeed.
Conclusion
In conclusion, the awareness of staff and patients about vaccination can protect visitors to the facility. Vaccination and additional information about the disease’s consequences can improve the population’s overall health and reduce the death rate from COVID-19. In this way, healthcare organizations will be able to have more staff and help more patients. in need of immediate action. Thus, the institution will be able to live up to the values and mission of providing essential patient care.
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Soares, P., Rocha, J. V., Moniz, M., Gama, A., Laires, P. A., Pedro, A. R., Dias, S., Leite, A. & Nunes, C. (2021). Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. Vaccines, 9(3), 300. Web.