Week 4 Assignment: Planned Change in a Department or Unit
Week 4 Assignment: Planned Change in a Department or Unit
Week 4 Assignment: Application: Planned Change in a Department or Unit
Health care organizations are continuously immersed in change from the emergence of new policies, to promote quality care and improve patient safety to keeping pace with the rapid growth in knowledge and best practices. Establishing a solid framework for planning and implementing change is a wise move, as it provides a foundation for the extensive coordination that will be needed to successfully facilitate the change.
For this, you propose a change at the department or unit level and develop a plan for guiding the change effort.
To prepare for NURS 6053 Week 4 Assignment: Planned Change in a Department or Unit:
Review Chapter 8 in the course text. Focus on Kurt Lewin’s change theory, and contrast it with other classic change models and strategies.
Reflect on problems, inefficiencies, and critical issues within a specific department, unit, or area in your organization or one with which you are familiar. Select one issue as a focal point for this assignment, and consider a change that could be made to address the issue.
Think about how the change would align with the organization’s mission, vision, and values as well as relevant professional standards.
Using one of the change models or strategies discussed in Chapter 8, begin formulating a plan for implementing the change within the department/unit. Outline the steps that you and/or others should follow to facilitate the change effort. Align these steps to the change model or strategy you selected.
Determine who should be involved in initiating and managing the change. Consider the skills and characteristics that are necessary to facilitate this change effort.
To complete NURS 6053 Week 4 Assignment: Planned Change in a Department or Unit:
By Day 7
Write a 3- to 5-page (page count does not include title and reference page) that addresses the following:
Identify a problem, inefficiency, or issue within a specific department/unit.
Describe a specific, realistic change that could be made to address the issue.
Summarize how the change would align with the organization’s mission, vision, and values as well as relevant professional standards.
Identify a change model or strategy to guide your planning for implementing the change. Provide a rationale for your selection.
Outline the steps that you and/or others would follow to facilitate the change. Align these steps to your selected change model or strategy.
Explain who would be involved in initiating and managing this change. Describe the skills and characteristics that would be necessary to facilitate the change effort.
Reminder: The School of Nursing requires that all papers submitted include a title page, introduction, summary, and references. The Sample Paper provided at the Walden Writing Center provides an example of those required elements. All papers submitted must use this formatting.
Note: This Assignment will serve as your Portfolio Assignment for this course.
Submission and Grading Information for NURS 6053 Week 4 Assignment: Planned Change in a Department or Unit
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NURS 6053 Week 4 Discussion
Workplace Change
Leadership
Outcome
NURS 6053 Week 4 Assignment Planned Change
NURS 6053: Interprofessional, Organizational, and Systems Leadership
- Planned Change
- The Problem
- The Change
- Maintaining Mission, Values, and Goals
- Change Model
- Conclusion
- References
NURS 6053 Week 5 Discussion
In this discussion board information that we have reviewed in this week’s reading will be addressed and discussed and reflected upon in real life experiences. The four stages of group formation will be discussed and how they directly reflect how changes occur in real life practice at The Detroit Medical Center. Group building is a difficult role, and there are barriers that will appear, and with the proper group, dynamics barriers can be addressed and resolved.
NURS 6053 Week 7 Discussion
Communication
Communication is key in healthcare. Communication begins when two or more people are aware of each other’s presence (Marquis & Huston, 2015). This can either be verbal or nonverbal. Effective communication can increase quality patient care when ineffective communication can hinder quality patient care.
Incident
Communication Barrier
Effective Communication Strategy
Week 7 Assignment 1 Leadership Application
This week you will begin a group paper that you will develop over the next few weeks. By Day 3 of this week, you will be placed in a collaborative group and provided with a work area for your group (See the Groups area below Week 11 in the left-hand navigation bar. If you do not see your team area by the end of Day 3, contact your Instructor.)
Before you begin to work with your group, read the information below describing the paper. Then join your group, introduce yourself, and begin work on selecting a topic.
To prepare:
- Review the Peer Evaluation Form for important information on how this assignment is graded.
- Identify a group facilitator.
Within your group, select a topic relevant to interprofessional leadership and the health care field on which to focus your group paper. The following are some potential topics for your group to consider:
- Matrix organizations
- Accountable care organizations
- Horizontal and vertical organizations
- Role conflict and ambiguity
- Employee recruitment and selection
- Interpersonal relationships in the C-suite of organizations (the relationships between the CEO, CFO, and CNO)
- Resistance to change
- Succession planning
- Whistle blowing
- “Just” culture
- Team Stepps
When your group has selected a topic, the group facilitator will submit the topic to the Instructor for approval on the Discussion Board in the Week 5 Group Project Topic Forum.
Conduct research on your topic using the Walden Library and other credible sources.
To complete:
By Day 7 of Week 7
As a group, write a 3- to 5 (page count does not include title and reference page) page paper that includes the following:
Section 1: Introduction
Section 2: Significance of the topic (based on literature that speaks to the relevancy of the concept selected in terms of interprofessional leadership)
Section 3: Review of the literature related to the concept that the group selects (current best practices, positive or negative impact on leadership or health care organizations, etc.)
Section 4: Application to nursing (e.g., implications or consequences for nursing leaders)
Section 5: Conclusion
All group members are expected to collaborate fully on this project, and your group paper should demonstrate an original and thoughtful application of the ideas presented in the Learning Resources and the research literature.
Week 7 assignment (2) – Assignment: Application: Leadership
Concept Analysis Group Paper
Continue to work on the Leadership Concept Analysis Group Paper, which you began in Week 5, tying in communication. How does the information on communication presented in this week’s Learning Resources relate to your selected concept? What insights have you gained this week that would inform how you communicate about this topic?
Note: For this project, all group members’ names should appear on the title page, and only the group facilitator should submit the final file. All students who are not the group facilitator will submit only a title page with their group member names on it.
To complete:
By Day 7
As a group, write a 3- to 5-page paper (page count does not include title and reference page) that includes the following:
Section 1: Introduction
Section 2:Significance of the topic (based on literature that speaks to the relevancy of the concept selected in terms of interprofessional leadership)
Section 3: Review of the literature related to the concept that the group selects (current best practices, positive or negative impact on leadership or health care organizations, etc.)
Section 4: Application to nursing (e.g., implications or consequences for nursing leaders)
Section 5: Conclusion
All group members are expected to collaborate fully on this project, and your group paper should demonstrate an original and thoughtful application of the ideas presented in the Learning Resources and the research literature.
Reminder: The School of Nursing requires that all papers submitted include a title page, introduction, summary, and references. The Sample Paper provided at the Walden Writing Center provides an example of those required elements. All papers submitted must use this formatting.
Also, complete the evaluation:
- Once you have completed your work on the Leadership Concept Analysis Group Paper this week, evaluate your peers in your group using the Peer Evaluation Form and the results of your efforts. This brief evaluation provides an opportunity for you to assess your teammates’ contribution to the project, as well as your own.
- Complete this peer evaluation for each member of your team, including yourself. The average score from these evaluations will be used by your instructor to determine your final grade for the assignment worth 100 points. Not all students may receive the same grade. You must be an active participant in the development of the assignment to receive full points. Rate each team member on a scale of 1-100, with 100 being the highest. Include comments explaining why you gave your teammate this score.
To submit your completed assignment for review and grading, do the following:
Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK7Assgn2+last name+first initial.(extension)” as the name.
Click the Week 7 Assignment 2 Rubric to review the Grading Criteria.
Click the Week 7 Assignment 2 link. You will also be able to “View Rubric” for grading criteria from this area.
Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK7Assgn2+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.
If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.
Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.
NURS 6053 Week 8 Discussion
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NURS 6053 Week 9 Discussion
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NURS 6053 Week 10 Assignment
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Advocate Role
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NURS 6053 Week 11 Discussion
Conflict is a difficult situation no matter how it occurs or how much we do not want it to happen. Even with the best leaders, there will continue to be an evolving cycle of negotiations and diffuse stressful situations. As a manager of two surgical units, the day to day operations continues to be a constant battle of negotiations, but the crucial piece to this is to adequately understand how or why the conflict started or its origin (Marquis & Huston, 2015). So what is the key to keeping the peace? Is there a simple solution to this ongoing issue that has been around for decades? The answer is no in plain language. Each situation or occurrence must be addressed in individualized cases but developing a framework of how to deal and will aid in reaching an optimal goal in resolving your conflict..
