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 globallyAssignment 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.)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.)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.

Nurses often become motivated to change aspects within the larger health care system based on their real-world experience. As such, many nurses take on an advocacy role to influence a change in regulations, policies, and laws that govern the larger health care system. For this assignment, identify a problem or concern in your state, community, or organization that has the capacity for advocacy through legislation. Research the issue and use the "Advocacy Through Legislation" template to complete this assignment.