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Review the feedback on the change proposal professional presentation and make required adjustments to the presentation. Present your evidence-based intervention and change proposal to an inter professional audience of leaders and stakeholders. Be prepared to answer questions and accept feedback. After presenting your capstone project change proposal, write a 250-350 word summary of the presentation. Include a description of the changes that were suggested by your preceptor before your presentation and how you incorporated that feedback. Describe how this inter professional collaboration improved the effectiveness of your presentation. Include a description of the feedback and questions from your audience after your presentation, and how this experience will affect your professional practice in the future.

Assume the provider in the case study included in the Compassionate limit setting for the high risk, non-adherent patient population, article is a nurse practitioner who works for the hospital where you are a CEO. The Nursing Ethical Guidelines and the International Council of Nurses Code of Ethics apply to Nurse Practitioners. Select one of these sets of ethical guidelines for nurses and describe how you think the guidelines dictate that the nurse practitioner should act in this case.  As the CEO, guided by the ACHE’s Code of Ethics, do you believe the ACHE’s code is consistent with the Nursing ethical code you chose to apply in this case?  Why or why not?  Your post should be between 200 to 300 words and include at least 2 references using APA format).  Initial post due date: 10/29/2020

Prepare a 10–20-slide presentation of the strategic plan you developed in Assessment 2, to be delivered to key stakeholders at a strategic visioning session.

Note: Each assessment in this course builds on the work you completed in the previous assessment. Therefore, you must complete the assessments in this course in the order in which they are presented.

SHOW LESS

The implementation and success of a strategic plan depends on the support of key stakeholders. This in turn depends on your ability to communicate clearly and persuasively with decision makers and to sell your vision of the future. You must also be able to lead the initiative and sustain strategic direction. This assessment provides you with an opportunity to showcase your strategic thinking and exercise the communication skills necessary to move your strategic plan forward toward implementation.

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

• Competency 1: Evaluate qualities and skills that promote effective leadership within health care organizations.
  • Explain why one’s leadership qualities and skills are well suited to successfully implementing a strategic plan and sustaining strategic direction.
• Competency 2: Apply strategies to lead high-performing health care teams to meet organizational quality and safety goals.
  • Summarize a strategic plan aimed at achieving desired quality or safety improvements within a care setting.
  • Describe the necessary actions for aligning the structure, systems, shared values, management style, staff, and skills of a care setting with strategic goals.
  • Explain how the implementation and outcomes of a strategic plan will be evaluated against current performance benchmarks.
• Competency 3: Apply cultural, ethical, and regulatory considerations to leadership decision making.
  • Explain how relevant cultural, ethical, and regulatory considerations influence the design of a strategic plan and strategies for its implementation.
• Competency 4: Integrate leadership and health care theories into the role of the nurse leader.
  • Explain one’s role, as a nurse leader, in successfully implementing a strategic plan and sustaining strategic direction.
• Competency 5: Communicate with stakeholders and constituencies to build collaborative partnerships and create inclusive work environments.
  • Explain a strategy for communicating with stakeholders and constituencies who are essential to implementing a strategic plan and sustaining strategic direction.
  • Communicate analyses clearly and in a way that demonstrates professionalism and respect for stakeholders and colleagues.
  • Integrate relevant and credible sources of evidence to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.

Questions to Consider

As you prepare to complete this assessment, you may want to think about other related issues to deepen your understanding or broaden your viewpoint. You are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community. Note that these questions are for your own development and exploration and do not need to be completed or submitted as part of your assessment.

Reflect on the current cultural climate in your care setting.

• What aspects of the current cultural climate would aid in achieving one or more specific goals contained in your strategic plan?
• What aspects of the current cultural climate would present a challenge in achieving one or more specific goals contained in your strategic plan?
• What leadership theories, models, or strategies could help you turn this challenge into an opportunity?

Effectively communicating with internal and external stakeholders and constituencies can help in achieving strategic initiatives.

• How would you communicate the essential aspects of the strategic plan you developed in Assessment 2 to stakeholders or groups, both internal and external to your care setting?

Assessment Instructions

Note: In this assessment, you will develop a presentation to stakeholders for the strategic plan you developed in Assessment 2.

Preparation

Your strategic plan has been reviewed, and you have been asked to present your plan—including operational recommendations and strategic control mechanisms—at a strategic visioning session with key stakeholders (senior leaders if your plan is organization-wide, community leaders if your plan is for a community health project, or the nurse manager of a specific department or team). This session is the next step in moving your plan toward implementation.

Your deliverable for this assessment is a slide deck of 10–20 slides to supplement your presentation and facilitate discussion of your plan. You may use Microsoft PowerPoint or any other suitable presentation software. Please use the notes section of each slide to develop your talking points and reference your sources, as appropriate.

If you choose to use PowerPoint and need help designing your presentation, a link to Microsoft tutorials is provided in the Supplemental Resources in the left-hand navigation pane of your FlexPath courseroom. An additional PowerPoint guide is linked in the Resources.

Presentation Design Tips

Being able to effectively address any audience is a necessary leadership skill. Remember that you are the speaker, not a projectionist. Your purpose is not to present a slide show. Your audience is there to listen to what you have to say, not read your slides—or worse, listen to you read them. Design your presentation slides to compliment and reinforce your message and engage your listeners.

The following tips will help you create presentation slides that work to your advantage:

• Focus on the content of your presentation and the development of your main points. Remember that your purpose is to garner support for your plan and build partnerships for implementation.
• Consider your intended audience and how best to communicate effectively with them.
• Create slides that support your presentation. They should not be your presentation.
  • Use a professional presentation template, or one used in your organization.
  • Ensure that your slide background provides sufficient visual contrast for your text and graphics.
  • Avoid filling your slides with text. Use speaker notes to record the details you want to communicate to your audience.
  • Be judicious in your use of bulleted lists. You might even consider a separate slide for each main point.
  • Use images and graphics, when appropriate, to illustrate information and make your points. Presentation slides are a visual medium. Images are more effective than text at engaging your audience.
  • Avoid using images that are simply decorative. They can be a visual distraction and do not contribute to your message.
  • Avoid using flashy slide transitions and animations. They can be both distracting and annoying. Keep your slide transitions consistent throughout the presentation.
  • Add a slide to the end of your presentation to prompt questions from the audience.

Requirements

Note: The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide, so, at a minimum be sure to address each point. In addition, you are encouraged to review the performance level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed.

Communication, Supporting Evidence, and APA Style

• Present your plan in a professional and respectful way, with the goal of garnering support for your plan and building partnerships for implementation.
  • Address stakeholders’ needs and concerns.
  • Communicate the need to work collaboratively on implementation.
• Integrate relevant and credible sources of evidence to support your assertions.
  • Cite at least 3–5 sources of scholarly or professional evidence.
• Apply correct APA formatting to all in-text citations and references.
• Add a references slide to your slide deck.
• Proofread your slides to minimize errors that could distract the audience and make it more difficult to focus on the substance of your presentation.

Presentation

• Summarize your plan for achieving 2–3 main goals. Include corresponding metrics, targets, and initiatives to help achieve the desired quality or safety improvements in the care setting.

Note: It may be useful to think about what you hoped to achieve in addressing your care setting’s positive core or specific area of concern in Assessment 1. For example:

• Progress toward achieving the Triple Aim.
• Better patient safety outcomes.
• Lower readmission rates.
• Higher volume of patients and care.
• Increased financial gain.
• Minimizing staff burnout.
• Improved relationship and trust with the community or a specific population.

In addition, remember to consult the literature, research studies, and resources from professional and governmental organizations when developing metrics, targets, and initiatives.

• Explain how you will communicate your plan to those stakeholders and constituencies who are essential to implementing your plan and sustaining strategic direction.
  • Identify the key individuals or groups with whom you must communicate.
  • Identify the cultural or ethical factors, if any, that are relevant to the design of your communication plan, including how key individuals or groups typically prefer to be contacted.
• Describe the actions you will take to align your care setting’s structure, systems, shared values, management style, staff, and skills with your strategic goals.
  • Describe the changes that are needed to achieve your goals.
  • Describe the goals and processes for on-boarding relevant individuals or groups.
• Explain how you will evaluate the success of your strategic plan.
  • Define successful implementation.
  • Describe the successful outcomes for this project.
  • Explain how will you compare outcomes to current performance benchmarks.
  • Explain how will you collect data to evaluate whether you have achieved specific goals and outcomes.
  • Identify your priorities, assuming you cannot accomplish everything.
• Explain how relevant cultural, ethical, and regulatory considerations influenced the design of your strategic plan and strategies for its implementation.
• Explain your role, as a nurse leader, in successfully implementing your proposed plan and sustaining strategic direction.
  • Explain how leadership and health care theories support your role.
• Explain why your leadership qualities and skills will enable you to successfully implement your plan and sustain strategic direction.
  • Explain why should you be the one to lead this initiative.
  • Explain how have you demonstrated some or all of these qualities in past work.

Additional Requirements

In addition to your slide deck, submit any other relevant documentation or links for this assessment (if you used presentation software or technology other than PowerPoint).

GRADING RUBRIC:

1-  Summarize a strategic plan aimed at achieving desired quality or safety improvements within a care setting. 

Passing Grade:  Summarizes a strategic plan aimed at achieving desired quality or safety improvements within a care setting, and notes inherent weaknesses or threats. 

2-  Explain a strategy for communicating with stakeholders and constituencies who are essential to implementing a strategic plan and sustaining strategic direction. 

Passing Grade:  Explains a strategy for communicating with stakeholders and constituencies who are essential to implementing a strategic plan and sustaining strategic direction, and identifies assumptions on which the strategies are based. 

3-  Describe the necessary actions for aligning the structure, systems, shared values, management style, staff, and skills of a care setting with strategic goals. 

Passing Grade:  Describes the necessary actions for aligning the structure, systems, shared values, management style, staff, and skills of a care setting with strategic goals; proposes criteria for evaluating the success of orientation and on-boarding. 

4-  Explain how the implementation and outcomes of a strategic plan will be evaluated against current performance benchmarks. 

Passing Grade:  Explains how the implementation and outcomes of a strategic plan will be evaluated against current performance benchmarks, and identifies areas of uncertainty or knowledge gaps. 

5-  Explain how relevant cultural, ethical, and regulatory considerations influence the design of a strategic plan and strategies for its implementation. 

Passing Grade:  Explains how relevant cultural, ethical, and regulatory considerations influence the design of a strategic plan and strategies for its implementation; identifies potential conflicts related to cultural, ethical, and regulatory considerations. 

6-  Explain one’s role, as a nurse leader, in successfully implementing a strategic plan and sustaining strategic direction. 

Passing Grade:  Explains one’s role, as a nurse leader, in successfully implementing a strategic plan and sustaining strategic direction, and identifies assumptions. 

7-  Explain why one’s leadership qualities and skills are well suited to successfully implementing a strategic plan and sustaining strategic direction. 

Passing Grade:  Explains why one’s leadership qualities and skills are well suited to successfully implementing a strategic plan and sustaining strategic direction, including plans that acknowledge opportunities for personal growth. 

8-  Communicate analyses clearly and in a way that demonstrates professionalism and respect for stakeholders and colleagues. 

Passing Grade:  Communicates analyses clearly, logically, and persuasively, demonstrating professionalism and respect for stakeholders and colleagues. Grammar and mechanics are virtually error-free. 

9-  Integrate relevant and credible sources of evidence to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style. 

Passing Grade:  Integrates relevant and credible sources of evidence to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style. Citations are error-free. 

 Select a policy related problem that affects of persons, communities or society in general and write a policy issue paper dealing with the problem.  Include problem identification, background information (social, economic, ethical and political/legal factors), the issue statement, stakeholders, policy objectives, policy alternatives or evaluation of options, political feasibility, comparison of alternatives, and the results of your analysis .

The policy topic for this assignment is: FOOD SAFETY AND SECURITY

10-12 pages and plagiarism free

POWER POINT   I want talk about HYPERTENSION

component of the presentation   

1-introduction

 2- identification of the problem and the population

3-  project question,(IN PROJECT QUESTION WE CAN USE PICOT)

  P = patient population

I = intervention or question of interest

C = comparison of interest

O = result

T = time frame

4-description of the proposed solution,

5-literature that supports the project,

6-implementation of the plan (step by step),

7-theory of change to use,

8-plan evaluation,

9-practical recommendations,

10-conclusions,

11-references.

Attention Wizard Kim week 7 Discussion & Assignment. 

Week 7 Discussion on Optimization in Health Services, 2 pages. 

Week 7 Assignment on Optimization Using Health Care Examples 

Rubrics 

m-evaluation

This case study documents an ongoing interaction between a wife and her husband who live in a spacious home in a gated community.

When Dan (now 80) and Jane (now 65) began dating more than 15 years ago, both were emotionally charged to begin their lives anew. Well-educated and financially secure, they had a lot in common. Dan was a protestant minister, and Jane’s deceased husband had been a protestant minister. Both had lost their spouses. Jane’s first husband had suffered a catastrophic cerebral aneurysm 2 years earlier. Dan had conducted the funeral service for Jane’s husband. Dan’s wife had died of terminal cancer a little over a year earlier. Dan’s first wife had been a school counselor; Jane was a school teacher. Both had children in college. They shared a love for travel. Dan was retired but continued part-time employment, and Jane planned to continue teaching to qualify for retirement. Both were in great health and had more than adequate health benefits. Within the year they were married. Summer vacations were spent snorkeling in Hawaii, mountain climbing in national parks, and boating with family. After 7 years, Dan experienced major health problems: a quadruple cardiac bypass surgery, followed by surgery for pancreatic cancer. Jane’s plans to continue working were dropped so she could assist Dan to recover and then continue to travel with him and enjoy their remaining time together. Dan did recover—only to begin to exhibit the early signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. One of the early signs appeared the previous Christmas as they were hanging outdoor lights. To Jane’s dismay, she noted that Dan could not follow the sequential directions she gave him. As time passed, other signs appeared, such as some memory loss and confusion, frequent repeating of favorite phrases, sudden outbursts of anger, and decreased social involvement. Assessments resulted in the diagnosis of early Alzheimer’s disease. Dan was prescribed Aricept, and Jane began to prepare herself to face this new stage of their married life. She read literature about Alzheimer’s disease avidly and organized their home for physical and psychological safety. A kitchen blackboard displayed phone numbers and the daily schedule. Car keys were appropriately stowed. It was noted that she began to savor her time with Dan. Just sitting together with him on the sofa brought gentle expressions to her face. They continued to attend church services and functions but stopped their regular swims at their exercise facility when Dan left the dressing room naked one day. Within the year, Jane’s retired sister and brother-in-law relocated to a home a short walk from Jane’s. Their intent was to be on call to assist Jane in caring for Dan. Dan and Jane’s children did not live nearby so could only assist occasionally. As Dan’s symptoms intensified, a neighbor friend, Helen, began to relieve Jane for a few hours each week. At this time, Jane is still the primary dependent-care agent. She prides herself in mastering a dual shower; she showers Dan in his shower chair first, and then, while she showers, he sits on the nearby toilet seat drying himself. Her girlfriends suggested that this was material for an entertaining home video! Although Jane is cautious in her care for Dan, she often drives a short distance to her neighborhood tennis court for brief games with friends or spends time tending the lovely gardens she and Dan planted. During these times, she locks the house doors and leaves Dan seated in front of the television with a glass of juice. She watches the time and returns home midway through the hour to check on Dan. On one occasion when she forgot to lock the door while she was gardening, Dan made his way to the street, lost his balance, reclined face-first in the flower bed, and was discovered by a neighbor. Jane has given up evenings out and increased her favorite pastime of reading. Her days are filled with assisting Dan in all of his activities of daily living. And, often, her sleep is interrupted by Dan’s wandering throughout their home. At times, when the phone rings, Dan answers and tells callers Jane is not there. Jane, only in the next room, informs him “Dan, I am Jane.” Friends are saddened by Dan’s decline and concerned with the burdens and limitations Jane has assumed as a result of Dan’s dependency.

Critical thinking activities

1. Examine this case study through the dependency cycle model (Fig. 14.3). The outer arrows show a progression through varying stages of dependency. The inner circle represents who can be involved in the dependency cycle. Where are Jane and Dan in this cycle?

2. Using the basic dependent-care system model (Fig. 14.4), assess Dan and Jane. Identify the basic conditioning factors (BCFs) for each. What is the effect of Dan’s BCFs on his self-care agency? Is he able to meet his therapeutic self-care demands? Continue on to diagnose Dan’s self-care deficit and resulting dependent-care deficit. Now assess Jane’s self-care system.

3. Design a nursing system that addresses Jane’s self-care system as she increases her role as dependent-care agent for Dan.

Health Policy Brief -Assignment

 Below is the link for the Health Policy:

 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/s3821/text 

Purpose: This assignment is for you to prepare a policy brief. The assignment engages you in learning about an issue and to accurately – and in a non-biased fashion — identify the policy and political issues that are central to that topic.

Guidelines:

· You will select a current healthcare related bill

· Review the resources provided regarding preparing a one-page policy brief.

· You will prepare a one-page health policy brief, often referred to as a one-page leave behind. 

· Your design format does not have to be exactly like any of the samples provided but must contain the same information.

· For the purposes of this assignment, you will assume the role of a group of registered nurses (should you decide that this is important to include in your brief).

· Your audience will be your senator and local delegate that you will be meeting with (hypothetically) soon.

· The sections must be divided by headings, as you will see in the examples.

· You may single-space.

· The brief should be visually pleasing and easy to read.

· You may want to Include bullets instead of lengthy paragraphs.

· Try to stick to only one or two references. There are to be in APA format (you may single-space.

*This is a sample layout. You can decide on your own design and even headings, as long as this information is provided.

Title: Name and number of Bill

Summary

· Statement of the Issue/Problem (aka introduction). This should be a brief (2-3 sentence) describing the issue. 

· Begin with a brief overview of the policy issue and state the

problem you hope to solve or the objective you hope to achieve.

· Map where your argument will take the reader and explicitly

outline your thesis/key point.

Background & Evidence 

· An explanation of the problem and its significance. 

· Briefly explain the history of the policy issue.

· Persuasively outline why your policy recommendation(s) will solve the problem or achieve the objective you highlighted in your introduction.

· Use evidence from research studies, case studies, legislative experiences of other jurisdictions, reputable polling/surveys and other sources to support your perspectives and advance your credibility.

Recommendation

· List recommendations about what you want your senator and delegate to do.

Reference(s) (of your information)

NOTE: See attachments for sample and rubric.

1. Case Study, Chapter 43, Drugs Affecting Blood Pressure 50 points if all questions are answered correctlyA staff nurse has to administer medications for blood pressure to several patients in the coronary care unit. The medications include captopril, diltiazem, and nitroprusside. The medications have to be administered to three older adults. a.  What are the indications for captopril?b.  What are the therapeutic actions for diltiazem?c.  What are the most common adverse reactions for nitroprusside?d.  What are the lifespan considerations in the older adult for the use of drugs that affect blood pressure?e.  What are the nursing implementation considerations for a patient receiving nitroprusside for blood pressure?2. Case Study, Chapter 46, Antianginal Agents50 points if all questions are answered correctlyA student nurse is preparing a paper on coronary artery disease, including the risk factors and the clinical presentation. The paper must include a review of common antianginal agents: nitrates, beta-blockers, and calcium channel blockers. a.  What are the therapeutic actions, indications, and pharmacokinetics for nitroglycerin?b.  What are the indications and pharmacokinetics for metoprolol?c.  What are the therapeutic actions for diltiazem?d.  What are the considerations for the older adult for the use of antianginal agents?e.  What are the important teaching points for patients receiving antianginal nitrates?