It is one of the most cliché of clichés, but it nevertheless rings true: The only constant is change. As a nursing professional, you are undoubtedly aware that success in the healthcare field requires the ability to adapt to change, as the pace of change in healthcare may be without rival.
As a professional, you will be called upon to share expertise, inform, educate, and advocate. Your efforts in these areas can help lead others through change. In this Assignment, you will propose a change within your organization and present a comprehensive plan to implement the change you propose.
To Prepare:
Review the Resources and identify one change you believe is called for in your organization/workplace.
This change may be necessary to effectively address one or more of the issues you addressed in the Workplace Environment Assessment you submitted in Module 4. It may also be a change in response to something not addressed in your previous efforts. Discussing your ideas with your organizational leadership and/or colleagues may be beneficial to help identify and vet these ideas.
Reflect on how you might implement this change and how you might communicate this change to organizational leadership.
The Assignment (5-6-minute narrated PowerPoint presentation):
Change Implementation and Management Plan
Create a 5- or 6-slide narrated PowerPoint that presents a comprehensive plan to implement changes you propose.
Your narrated presentation should be 5–6 minutes in length.
Your Change Implementation and Management Plan should include the following:
An executive summary of the issues that are currently affecting your organization/workplace (This can include the work you completed in your Workplace Environment Assessment previously submitted, if relevant.)
A description of the change being proposed
Justifications for the change, including why addressing it will have a positive impact on your organization/workplace
Details about the type and scope of the proposed change
Identification of the stakeholders impacted by the change
Identification of a change management team (by title/role)
A plan for communicating the change you propose
A description of risk mitigation plans you would recommend to address the risks anticipated by the change you propose
References
Broome, M., & Marshall, E. S. (2021). Transformational leadership in nursing: From expert clinician to influential leader (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Springer.
Chapter 4, “Practice Model Design, Implementation, and Evaluation” (pp. 99–154)
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Campbell, R. J. (2020). Change management in health careLinks to an external site.. Health Care Manager, 39(2), 50–65.
National Institute of HealthLinks to an external site.. (n.d.). https://www.nih.gov/health-information
Reinhardt, A. C., Leon, T. G., & Summers, L. O. (2022). The transformational leader in nursing practice — An approach to retain nursing staffLinks to an external site.. Administrative Issues Journal: Education, Practice, and Research, 12(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.5929/2022.12.1.1
TEDx. (2013, January). Six keys to leading positive change: Rosabeth Moss Kanter at TEDxBeaconStreetLinks to an external site. [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owU5aTNPJbs
