SWOT Analysis Template for Nursing Ward of University Hospital in Saudi Arabia

The document is a SWOT analysis template for Nursing Ward of University Hospital in Saudi Arabia. It explores the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of the hospital. The document also provides recommendations for improvement post analysis.

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Assignment No. 2
SWOT Analysis Template
Definition/Purpose: The SWOT analysis is a great framework to explore the advantages and
disadvantages an organization, department or individual has in a particular situation. Use the
template below as a tool for collecting, summarizing and prioritizing areas of focus.
Instructions:
1. Under each of the PRIMO-F factors list the relevant Strengths and Weaknesses of your
organization.
2. List the Opportunities and Threats from your PESTLE analysis below.
3. Next consider the combination of these factors, generate some options or alternative
strategies for action.
SWOT Analysis
on Nursing ward of University Hospital in Saudi Arabia (organization name)
Hospital Background / Situation
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The study was conducted in University Hospital of Eastern Saudi Arabia to review the quality
of delivery of healthcare mostly in terms of patient safety, nursing leadership, patient
centeredness and clinical effectiveness. The 403 bed hospital provides affordable and in many
cases free medical care, by international experts and also promotes scientific research.
Recommendations were provided for improvement post analysis. It was identified that most of
the problems can be solved by setting up an independent body in the University Hospital to
evaluate and monitor the daily healthcare delivery. The hospital lacks a central leadership in
directing the implementation of care which makes the system inefficient, and backward in
patient safety and patient centeredness (Aljuaid, Mannan, Chaudhry & Majeed, 2016).
Date of SWOT Analysis _27_/_02_/2019_
Internal
Factors
Strengths (PRIMO-F)
 People
 Specialized Expertise in various
specialties like Ophthalmology,
Diabetes, ENT, Emergency
services, Dermatology, and many
more.
 Highly developed medical practice
and knowledge
Weaknesses (PRIMO-F)
 People
 No significant initiatives for
workflow reengineering to deal
with telemedicine applications and
network
 High rate of turnover and
instability in staff (Falatah &
Salem,2018)

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 Educational programs for learning
are available.
 Operation-control
 Efficient infrastructure of ICT
 Experienced staff
 High patient satisfaction (86%)
(Aljuaid et al., 2016).
 Many Physicians are in-charge of
care leading to conflicts in care
plan
 Innovation/Ideas
 High preferences to patient
condition, and preferences
 Patient Privacy is maintained
during examination
 Advanced laboratories, equipments,
training aids, and highly trained
professionals are present
 Leadership
 Leadership not focused to improve
the leadership development
programs for nurses.
 Lack of local healthcare
professionals, most being
expatriate.
 Lack of effective training of the
staff and clinicians.
 Poor coordination and lack of clear
communication channels among
the staff (Yami, Galdas & Watson,
2018) . It leads to duplication of
services and waste of resources.
 Operation-control
 Lack of any international standards
for interoperability.
 Lack of clinical effectiveness,
patient centered care and patient
safety
 No independent body to monitor
operations
 Innovation/Ideas
 Job Insecurity in staff
 Lack of recognition for Nurses
 Higher workload on Nurses
 Leadership
 Failure of leadership
 Lack of instructions to be provided
to patients
 Language communication barrier
 Faulty management of staff
External
Factors
Opportunities (PESTLE)
 Political
 Greater opportunity for improving
the quality of services in Private
hospitals at Organisation level
 It is recommended to create a
Nursing Council to include Nursing
professionals into politics for
enabling effective decision making
for healthcare system and training
(Alasiri & Kalliecharan, 2019)
Economic
 Greater funds should be allocated
Threats (PESTLE)
 Political
 About 2/3 healthcare sector run by
Ministry of Health, with remaining
private and public hospitals
 Lack of robust nursing governance
 Lower involvement of Nurses in
Decision Making
 Such conditions may discourage
the nursing professionals in their
existing roles.
 Economic

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to the relevant programs by
Government policies
 Economic reforms required to be
framed for universities, institutions
and shared government
recognitions.
 Sociologically
 Better and respectful conditions of
working required for nurses
 Social recognition required
 Opportunity for efficient healthcare
delivery , enhanced accountability
and punctuality in the healthcare
system
 Strategies need to be framed to
retain and attract the local youth in
nursing
 Technologically
 Research and Development is
encouraged
 Greater opportunities at national
and organizational level to enhance
the transformational nursing
leadership
 Clinical Practice Guidelines should
be followed strictly at National and
Organizational level
 Legal
 MoH established measures like
hospitals auditing and Drug
Verification Authorities
 5 Year development plans also
include healthcare development
Plans (Al-Hanawi, 2018).
 Council of Health Services
established under MOH to frame
policies for integration and
coordination in healthcare
authorities
 Environmental
 Better incentives and scholarship
programs can be started to promote
nurses well being.
 Low Nurses’ clinical Practices
 Hospitals more interested in
Business and increasing patient
satisfaction rather than caring for
the nursing professionals.
 Sociologically
 Lack of prestige for nurses
 Lack of social recognition
 Increasing Number of patients may
further increase the demand for
further healthcare delivery,
increasing pressure on the
clinicians
 Such conditions can de-motivate
the local people from joining the
healthcare profession
 Technologically
 Suboptimal adherence to Clinical
Practice Guidelines (CPG)
 Legal
 No shared governance or nursing
council for the nursing
professionals to address their
professional needs
 No legal framework for
information security, safety and
privacy
 Environmental
 Lack of nurses scope of practice
 Professional Development Plans of
nurses lack leadership
development programs
 Nurses are incompetent to deal
with diverse, and upgraded
knowledge required for clinical
leadership

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 Better coordination and working
environment need to be developed
giving them recognition, and skill
development opportunities
 Nursing Practice Environment can
be improved by in-service training
programs (Abdel-Sattar &
Naiemabdelhamid, 2018).
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