(Answered) NR703 Week 5 Assignment: Leading Practice Change Projects

COURSE  

NR703 Applied Organization and Leadership Concepts

Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to create a leadership approach to address the practice gap identified in the Week 2 assignment. The approach focuses on three specific DNP-prepared nurse leadership skills:

  • Interprofessional collaboration
  • Communication
  • Leadership ethics

This assignment will allow for the assimilation of professional leadership competencies in project management as a DNP-prepared nurse. Assignment content supports professional formation, communication, and dissemination skills relevant to the DNP-prepared nurse.

Please note that this is the second part of a 3-part assignment submitted in Weeks 2, 5, and 7. You will receive feedback from your course faculty on the Week 2 and Week 5 assignments, which you should use to prepare the Week 7 assignment.

NOTE: All NR703 assignments and their requirements should be discussed in relation to your proposed or hypothetical DNP practicum project.

Instructions

Include the following in your paper:

  1. Introduction
    1. Introduce the paper’s topic and establish its importance.
    2. Present a clear purpose statement.
    3. Provide the reader with a brief organizing statement of what will be discussed in the paper using the level 1 heading topics.
  2. Interprofessional Collaboration in Leading Project Teams: Create your approach to implementing the practice change project with an interprofessional team, including a description of how you will manage the following challenges (One paragraph each):
    1. Creating a climate of mutual respect and shared values
    2. Facilitating team roles and flexibility to perform effectively
  3. Communication Comportment (professional behavior) in Project Management: Create a guideline for your professional communication to serve you in the practice change project and future roles. Include the following considerations (One paragraph each):
    1. Verbal and non-verbal communication competencies at a doctoral level
      1. Communicating leadership through verbal & nonverbal comportment (professional behavior)
      2. Creating alignment of verbal and nonverbal messages
    2. Written professional communication
      1. Writing with leadership tone and style
      2. Using standard English
      3. Creating summary and synthesis in writing
  1. Leadership Ethics: Discuss how you will create a consistent image of ethical comportment, including the consideration of the following (One paragraph each):
    1. Balance an Ethic of Justice with an Ethic of Care in your leadership style.
    2. Create a conflict resolution approach for the project team management of issues such as disagreements or bullying.
    3. Lead social justice change within the project environment (i.e., countering structural inequities, addressing implicit and explicit bias, combating social injustices, and applying cultural humility).
  2. Conclusion
    1. Recap the paper’s purpose statement and organizing (outlining) statement criteria that revisits the three level 1 headings (not including the conclusion).
    2. Draw major conclusions from the body of your paper.
    3. Summarize the importance of effective communication for the DNP-prepared nurse in leading your practice change project.
  3. References (minimum of 2 scholarly, peer-reviewed sources)
    1. Create the reference page.
    2. Ensure each reference has a matching citation.
    3. Support your discussion by using evidence from at least two (2) scholarly peer-reviewed journal article sources (preferably research or systematic reviews) that are retrieved from the Chamberlain library databases. Do not use the internet, textbooks, government sources, or organizational websites for the two sources in this assignment. However, you may use other gray materials for additional sources if you need them. Hint: Search other than nursing journals for sources of evidence.

ANSWER  

Leading Practice Change Projects

The purpose of this paper is to create a leadership approach to address patient falls in the geriatric unit of my healthcare organization. This paper reviews my approach to interprofessional collaboration in the project team, communication comportment, and leadership ethics.

Interprofessional Collaboration in Leading Project Teams

According to Sims, Hewitt, and Harris (2015), mutual respect is the foundation for ethical and human behavior; it underpins enabling relationships. A Lack of mutual respect, especially in inter-professional care teams, damages the relationship between members and thus gets in the way of the team. Lack of mutual respect can result in unethical or illegal behavior in care teams, such as harassment and bullying. Mutual respect is based on shared beliefs and values. To promote mutual respect, I will encourage team members to recognize and understand each other’s differences, celebrate the diversity in the team, and value each member’s contribution, while still capitalizing on the common ground.……….please click the icon below to purchase full answer at $15