NURS 6051 Week 7 & 8: Assignment Application - Creating a Flowchart

Write a 3- to 5-page paper which includes the following: • Create a simple flowchart of the activity you selected. (Review the Sample Workflow of Answering a Telephone in an Office document found in this week’s Learning Resources for an example.) • Next, in your paper: o Explain the process you have diagrammed. o For each step or decision point in the process, identify the following: ▪ Who does this step? (It can be several people.) ▪ What technology is used? ▪ What policies and rules are involved in determining how, when, why, or where the step is executed? ▪ What information is needed for the execution of this step? o Describe the metric that is currently used to measure the soundness of the current workflow. Is it effective? o Describe any areas where improvements could occur and propose changes that could bring about these improvements in the workflow. o Summarize why it is important to be aware of the flow of an activity. • Remember to include a cover page, introduction, and summary for your paper