Organizational Structure and Culture

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My current service area is the pediatric nursing department. The service area is part of a collection of nursing service areas that operate under the nursing practice department of the teaching hospital. The teaching hospital works under a well-managed structure depicted by the hospital’s organizational chart. The chart is a vertical organizational chart that begins with the highest levels of management and highlights the hierarchy of the levels in a descending order (Ezzat, n.d). The lowest levels of management are shown at the bottom of the chart. The nursing practice department is the largest due to the numerous service areas the department oversees. The head of the service areas are associate directors who report to the chief nursing officer. The chief nursing officer is responsible for the management of the nursing practice department.

The organizational chart plays numerous roles within the service charter of the teaching hospital. One of these roles is the creation of a supportive environment that enables the teaching hospital to accomplish a client-centered model of care. The organizational chart meets various demands that support a client-centered care model. These demands collectively make up the clinical dimensions of the client-centered care model (Green et al. 2012). The first demand is the provision of a supportive and actively involved management system. Provision of a client-centered care model requires the top management of any health care institution as well as the managerial levels that lead up to the respective client’s service area play their role in supporting the recovery process of the client. The decision making capacity at each level is expected to use their authority in providing the necessary facilities, medical equipment