Assessing the Problem: Leadership, Collaboration,
Communication, Change Management, and Policy Consideration
Complete this assessment in two parts. Health problem : Hypertension
Part 1
Define the patient, family, or population health problem that will be the focus of your project. Assess the problem from a leadership, collaboration, communication, change management, and policy perspective and establish your evidence and research base to plan, implement, and share findings related to your project.
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Develop a problem statement for a patient, family, or population that’s relevant to your practice.
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Begin building a body of evidence that will inform your approach to your practicum.
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Focus on the influence of leadership, collaboration, communication, change management, and policy on the problem.
Part 2
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Define a patient, family, or population health problem that’s relevant to your practice.
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Summarize the problem you’ll explore.
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Identify the patient, family, or group you intend to work with during your practicum.
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Provide context, data, or information that substantiates the presence of the problem and its significance and relevance to the patient, family, or population.
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Explain why this problem is relevant to your practice as a baccalaureate-prepared nurse.
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Analyze evidence from peer-reviewed literature and professional sources that describes, and guides nursing actions related to the patient, family, or population problem you’ve defined.
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Note whether the authors provide supporting evidence from the literature that’s consistent with what you see in your nursing practice.
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Explain how you would know if the data are unreliable.
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Describe what the literature says about barriers to the implementation of evidence-based practice in addressing the problem you’ve defined.
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Describe research that has tested the effectiveness of nursing standards and/or policies in improving patient, family, or population outcomes for this problem.
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Describe current literature on the role of nurses in policy making to improve outcomes, prevent illness, and reduce hospital readmissions.
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Describe what the literature says about a nursing theory or conceptual framework that might frame and guide your actions during your practicum.
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Explain how state board nursing practice standards and/or organizational or governmental policies could affect the patient, family, or population problem you’ve defined.
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Describe research that has tested the effectiveness of these standards and/or policies in improving patient, family, or population outcomes for this problem.
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Describe current literature on the role of nurses in policy making to improve outcomes, prevent illness, and reduce hospital readmissions.
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Describe the effects of local, state, and federal policies or legislation on your nursing scope of practice, within the context of this problem.
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Propose leadership strategies to improve outcomes, patient-centered care, and the patient experience related to the patient, family, or population problem you’ve defined.
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Discuss research on the effectiveness of leadership strategies.
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Define the role that you anticipate leadership must play in addressing the problem.
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Describe collaboration and communication strategies that you anticipate will be needed to address the problem.
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Describe the change management strategies that you anticipate will be required to address the problem.
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Document the time spent (your practicum hours) with these individuals or group in the Capella Academic Portal Volunteer Experience Form.
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Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions.
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Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.
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Length: Your paper should be approximately 5–7 pages in length, not including the reference page.
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Supporting evidence: Cite at least five sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your central ideas. Resources should be no more than five years old. Provide in-text citations and references in APA format.