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A 4 page paper discussing the organizational structure of New York's Metropolitan Hospital and how it affects nursing. Both the Nurse Manager and Chief Nursing Officer can depend on organizational structure to provide order without inhibiting the ability to step outside of routine boundaries when the need arises. Additionally, they have a subordinate organizational chart placing the patient at the top of a distinct pyramid, with all services contributing to patient care. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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4 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KShlthCaOrStrHos.rtf
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member of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC), Metropolitan Hospital Center (MHC)s organizational chart has the full appearance of an organization immobilized by hierarchy. MHC clearly
demonstrates that in that regard, appearances often can be quite deceiving. The realization of the MHCs organizational structure and its applicability to the hospitals mission results in superlative patient
care and community involvement, at a time and in a place where hospitals are routinely criticized for caring more about their own financial bottom lines than about patient outcome. Integration
of the Mission and Vision into the Organizational Structure If MHC operates under a mission statement that differs from HHC, it does not
make that information readily accessible. The mission statement of the larger organization is in part: To extend equally to all New Yorkers, regardless of their ability to pay, comprehensive
health services of the highest quality in an atmosphere of humane care, dignity and respect (Mission Statement, 2006). The above statement is accompanied
by statements such as further efforts to "promote and protect, as both innovator and advocate, the health, welfare and safety of the people of the City of New York" (Mission
Statement, 2006). It is also a goal of HHC to "join with other health workers and with communities in a partnership" (Mission Statement, 2006) enabling HHC and its member
institutions (i.e., MHC) to address health holistically, thereby promoting "the total physical, mental and social well-being of the people" (Mission Statement, 2006) of New York City.
As an integral part of HHC, MHCs mission statement can be seen as being an extension of that of HHC. MHCs integration of the principles set
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