Description
N4500 Change Assignment. Part 3.
Course Outcome(s):
- Examine how change is a necessary component of nursing leadership and nursing management.
- Apply principles of nursing leadership to the change process with the desired outcome of increasing safety and improving the quality of care.
- Implement (i.e. apply) leadership and management approaches that foster effective teamwork and collaboration, lead to productive change, and result in unified practice and positive ongoing relationships.
- Utilize leadership and management strategies that incorporate evidence-based practice.
- Create positive leadership and management skills that influence individuals globally
Assignment Description:
Change is inevitable in any organization today, particularly in health care. Nurse leaders should be prepared to anticipate a change in many forms and respond appropriately. Embedded in any change plan is the way that ‘power’ influences the process and resultant decisions. The purpose of this assignment understand Kotter’s theory of change and apply it to your Change Assignment.
Assignment Directions:
This assignment applies to the Overall Signature / Application Assignment. You will be a working unit by unit to build a Change Implementation plan. Please organize and save your work.
This assignment is a continuation of your overall Change Assignment. This assignment builds on other assignments. Please complete the following items in your group discussion area. Please pick a group leader. Each unit should have a different group leader.
- Read the article entitled “Using Kotter’s Change Model for implementing bedside handoff: A quality improve the project.” (Links to an external site.)
- Read the article entitled “Want to create lasting change. It’s all about that base." (Links to an external site.)
- Give 1-2 paragraphs summarizing your thoughts on these two articles.
- List Kotter’s Change Model steps, and how they apply to your Change topic. In other words, this is your plan of action. Kotter's Model helps you identify how to engage individuals in the process, motivate change, implement the change, resolve concerns, give rewards for success, and cement the change. This should be a large portion of your final paper.
Explanation & Answer
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Outline
1.Summary of the two articles
2.Kotter’s change model steps
a) Urgency creation
b) Formation of guiding coalition
c) Vision for change creation
d) Vision communication
e) Obstacle removal
f) Creating quick wins
g) Building on change
h) Institutionalizing the change
3. References
Kotter’s Theory of Change
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Kotter’s Theory of Change
Summary of the two articles
Change is inevitable in health care settings. Most nursing leaders encounter challenges
associated with constant change. Change management emphasizes on engagement and
preparation of people to navigate change. According to Geyer &Altman (2016), Kotter's change
theory has been applied successfully to manage transformational change in the health care
industry. However, Kotter's theory provides a basis for making decisions and actions during the
change initiation.
According to Small et al.(2016), to enhance the patient's safety, nurses need to
communicate precisely to the incoming shift's nurse. The commu...
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