For this assessment, you will create a 2-4 page report on an interview you have

For this assessment, you will create a 2-4 page report on an interview you have conducted with a health care professional. You will identify an issue (short staffing) from the interview that could be improved with an interdisciplinary approach, and review best practices and evidence to address the issue. For this assessment, you will need to interview a health care professional such as a fellow learner, nursing colleague, administrator, business partner, or another appropriate person who could provide you with sufficient information regarding an organizational problem that he or she is experiencing or has experienced, or an area where they are seeking improvements.
nterview and Interdisciplinary Issue Identification: Interview Guide
For the Interviews and Interdisciplinary Issue identification assessment, your first step will be to
interview a a nursing colleague, who could provide you with sufficient information regarding an organizational problem that they are
experiencing or have experienced, or an area in which they are seeking improvements. This guide
provides a selection of questions that you should consider asking your interviewee. They are by no means
questions you must ask, or the only questions you should ask. Feel free to ask your own questions and
follow-ups as the interview proceeds. These are merely a guide to get you started.
Sample questions
• How would you describe your organization? HCA Virginia • What is your position within the organization? RN on inpatient psych unit
• What are your primary duties in your position?
• How would you describe some current or past issues within your organization?
• How did or do these issues affect your ability to complete your duties?
• How have you, or the organization, attempted to address these issues?
o What has been done and what were the results?
o What has been the role or actions of leadership in any attempts to address these issues?
▪ How effective do you think their actions have been?
• What is the general attitude toward interdisciplinary collaboration at your organization?
• Have you experienced working on an interdisciplinary or interprofessional team?
o How would you characterize the experience?
o To what degree do you think overall organizational attitudes toward collaboration
influenced this experience?
For this assessment, you will report on the information that you collected in your interview, analyzing the interview data and identifying a past or current issue that would benefit from an interdisciplinary approach. This could be an issue that has not been addressed by an interdisciplinary approach or one that could benefit from improvements related to the interdisciplinary approach currently being used. You will discuss the interview strategy that you used to collect information. Your interview strategy should be supported by citations from the literature. 
Additionally, be sure to address the following, which corresponds to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Please study the scoring guide carefully so you understand what is needed for a distinguished score.
Summarize an interview focused on past or current issues at a health care organization.
Identify an issue from an interview for which an evidence-based interdisciplinary approach would be appropriate.
Describe potential change theories and leadership strategies that could inform an interdisciplinary solution to an organizational issue.
Describe collaboration approaches from the literature that could facilitate establishing or improving an interdisciplinary team to address an organizational issue.
Communicate with writing that is clear, logically organized, and professional, with correct grammar and spelling, and using current APA style.
Cite a minimum of 3 sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your central ideas. Resources should be no more than 5 years old.
APA formatting: Make sure that in-text citations and reference list follow current APA style.