Aim: The aim of this essay is for you to develop a change management plan for your practice area.
This assignment addresses Course Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,4.
1. Examine the historical development of advanced practice in nursing in relation to your own healthcare setting.
2. Critique and apply the characteristics of the advanced practice nurse that are essential to support advanced practice in a clinical setting.
3. Integrate knowledge of the legal, social and ethical factors that may influence development of advanced practice roles in your clinical setting, to support future role and scope development.
4. Articulate the role of the advanced practice nurse to innovate and influence practice change.
Task description:
For this task you need to write a 2000 word essay in which you identify a practice change and design a change management plan for your practice area. In your essay you need to:
discuss, and justify, the practice change you would like to implement in your practice area (based on the recommendations you made in assessment 2), [300 words]
design a change management plan using a framework that links the practice change and the advance practice nurse role and includes: [1000 words]
stakeholder involvement,
a timeline,
staffing needed to support the change
legal and ethical influences
minority group concerns
propose a method to evaluate your plan and sustain the change; include theories of change to justify your evaluation method [400 words].
Further task information:
Introduce the essay [150 words]
Present a conclusion of the most relevant points discussed [150 words]
Ensure throughout the essay there is a critique of the current researchand links to best practice to support your change management plan.
Headings can be used appropriately in this task.
Type of assignment: Essay
