Assignment 08
Leadership and Management
Directions: Be sure to make an electronic copy of your answer before submitting it to Ashworth College for grading. Unless otherwise stated, answer in complete sentences, and be sure to use correct English spelling and grammar. Sources must be cited in APA format. Refer to the “Assignment Format” page for specific format requirements.
Assessing Change in the Workplace
Objective
This assignment supports the following lesson objective:
- Analyze the change process
Assignment Relationship to Standards and Program Outcomes
This assignment meets the following program outcomes, course outcomes, and standards
| COURSE OUTCOMES | CURRICULUM THREADS | PROGRAM OUTCOMES | AACN ESSENTIALS | QSEN | IOM |
| 1. Differentiate leadership theories used by nurse leaders. 5. Analyze the role of nurse leaders in the change process. | Professional Role, Nursing, Critical decision-making, Health, Society Leadership | 4. Use knowledge and skills in nursing leadership and management to promote continuous quality improvement, safety, and interdisciplinary care across the health care continuum. | II. Basic Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Care and Patient Safety | 2. Teamwork and Collaboration | 1. Provide patient-centered care |
Assignment Overview
In this written assignment, you will complete a paper analyzing the change process in the future of nursing. The paper must follow APA guidelines for format to include running head, title page, abstract, paper with citations, and references.
Deliverables
- A five-page (1,250-word) paper
Assignment Details
Perform the following tasks:
- Locate The Future of Nursing (2010) report.
Search the IOM website for The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health IOM report (2010).
- Choose an IOM recommendation.
Review the four key messages. Choose one of the recommendations from the IOM report to plan a change in your workplace or other nursing setting.
- Write a paper that analyzes a change.
Once you have decided a change to plan, analyze it using your choice of change theory. Discuss the steps in the change process from start to finish by answering the following questions:
- What change theory will you use to help plan your change?
- How will the change be communicated to the staff?
- What are the phases or steps that will be used to transition through the change?
- Will there be any re-evaluations that will need to occur along the way?
- What support will be offered to staff members to help make the change?
- How will progress be monitored?
- What will be done to prevent backwards slips of “using the old way”?
- Will the nursing role be involved in leading the change? If so, how? If not, would it make a difference if it was?
Write your paper using the formatting style as directed by your instructor.
- Save and submit your assignment.
When you have completed the assignment, save a copy for yourself in an easily accessible place and submit a copy to your instructor using the dropbox.
Grading Rubric
Please
refer to the rubric on the following page for the grading criteria for this
assignment.
| Assignment Week 8_ Change in the Workplace IOM Report | Points Awarded x Multiplier= Total Points | ||||||||||||
| CRITERIA | Excellent (4) | Good (3) | Fair (2) | Poor (1) | Not Demonstrated (0) | Weighting | Points Awarded (0-4) | Multiplier | Total Points | ||||
| content | *Clear language *Information is accurate and thorough *Sufficient and accurate supporting information * Main idea is clearly stated *Detail analysis of the change process in the future of nursing. *Chose one of the recommendations from the IOM report to plan a change in your workplace or other nursing setting | *Language used is mostly clear *Information is accurate and fairly thorough *Sufficient and accurate supporting information * Main idea is clearly stated *Analyze the change process in the future of nursing. *Chose one of the recommendations from the IOM report to plan a change in your workplace or other nursing setting: | *Language used is not very clear *Information is inaccurate or not thorough *Supporting information is insufficient but mostly accurate * Main idea is not clearly stated *Limited analysis of the change process in the future of nursing. Chose one of the recommendations from the IOM report to plan a change in your workplace or other nursing setting however limited. | *There are many issues with language usage *Information is inaccurate or not thorough *Supporting information is insufficient or inaccurate * Main idea is not clearly stated *Analyze the change process in the future of nursing. Chose one of the recommendations from the IOM report to plan a change in your workplace or other nursing setting however no detail. | *The assignment was not completed *The assignment is poorly written, and the information used is inaccurate and insufficient * There is no attempt to address main idea *The language used was inappropriate *Analyze the change process in the future of nursing. Did not choose one of the recommendations from the IOM report to plan a change in your workplace or other nursing setting. | 50% | _____ | 12.5 | = _____ | ||||
| organization | * Well-organized; appropriate flow * No citation errors * Appropriate length * No format errors | * Good organization and flow * Few citation errors * Appropriate length * Few format errors | * There are issues with the organization and flow * There are a few citation errors * The length is not appropriate * There are a few format errors | * There are issues with the organization and flow * There are many citation errors * The length is not appropriate * There are many format errors | * The assignment was not completed *The assignment is not organized in any way; formatting is incorrect * Proper citations were not used | 30% | _____ | 7.5 | = ____ | ||||
| mechanics | No spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors. • A two- to three-page (500- to 750-word) paper | Spelling, grammar, or punctuation are mostly error-free. • A two- to three-page (500- to 750-word) paper | A few spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors. • A two- to three-page (500- to 750-word) paper. | Many spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors. • A two- to three-page less than (500- to 750-word) paper | *The assignment was not completed *The assignment is full of spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors. Missing the two- to three-page (500- to 750-word) paper | 20% | _____ | 5 | = _____ | ||||
| 100% | Total Points (out of 100) | ||||||||||||
