Discussion #2

Discussion Question:
In recent years, nurses have been fired for posting derogatory comments on social media about people who did not look like them. Effective leaders build organizational cultures where employees can thrive in their workplace. Examine your organization’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policy.

Answer these questions:
• What policies, if any, exist in your healthcare organization/institution that helps cultivate the skills needed to advance the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion?

• If your organization does not have a DEI policy analyze the DEI policy of another healthcare organization and discuss what policies exist in the healthcare organization/institution that helps cultivate the skills needed to advance the principles of DEI.

• What steps would you take to develop policies you can recommend to your chief nursing officer or chief executive officer?

• What role do you play in eliminating discrimination and horizontal and lateral violence in your workplace?