Create a 2-4 page plan proposal for an interprofessional team to collaborate and work toward driving improvements in the organizational issue identified in the second assessment.
Collapse AllIntroduction
When creating a project plan, it is important to be cognizant of the significant role that nurses play in strategizing about use of organizational human and financial resources within the organization.
Communication is the key component to beginning and finishing projects, such as a plan proposal. The ability to effectively communicate involves reaching a state of consciousness regarding how others think and feel about something—an awareness of human differences. In addition, being knowledgeable about what type technological advancements exist can greatly enhance a positive project outcome (Harris et al., 2023).
As you work on your assessment, consider the following: How do organizational leaders impact project successes, sustain practice change, and share evidence-based findings? Which technology might help you evaluate the project’s impact within a health care system?
You are encouraged to complete the Budgeting for Nurses activity before you develop the plan proposal. The activity consists of seven questions that will allow you to check your knowledge of budgeting basics and as well as the value of financial resource management. The information gained from completing this activity will promote success with the Interdisciplinary Plan Proposal. Completing this activity also demonstrates your engagement in the course, requires just a few minutes of your time, and is not graded.
Reference
Harris, J. L., Roussel, L. A., Dearman, C., & Thomas, P. (2023). Project planning and management: A guide for nurses and interprofessional teams (4th ed.) (pp. 9–10). Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Professional Context
This assessment will enable you to describe a plan proposal that includes an analysis of best practices of interprofessional collaboration, change theory, leadership strategies, and organizational resources, including financial considerations, which can be used to solve the problem identified in the healthcare professional interview you conducted.
Overview
Having reviewed the information gleaned from your professional interview and identified the issue, you will determine and present a plan for an interdisciplinary intervention to address the issue. While you will not be expected to implement the plan during this course, the plan should be evidence based and realistic within the context of the issue and your interviewee’s organization.
The goal of this assessment is to clearly lay out the improvement objective for your interdisciplinary intervention. Be sure to build on the leadership, change, and collaboration research you completed in the previous assessment. Look for specific, real-world ways in which those strategies and best practices could be used to generate buy-in for the plan or improve the implementation of the plan.
Instructions
Use the context of the organization from your interview to develop a viable plan for an interdisciplinary team to address the issue you identified. Define a specific organizational or patient outcome based on the information gathered in your interview.
Using the Interdisciplinary Plan Proposal Template [DOCX] will help you stay organized and concise. As you complete each section of the template, apply APA format to in-text citations for the evidence and best practices that inform your plan, as well as to the reference list at the end. (Because you’re using a template, a title page is optional.)
Be sure that your plan addresses the following, which corresponds to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Please study the rubric carefully so you understand what is needed for a distinguished score.
- Describe an objective and predictions for an evidence-based interdisciplinary plan to achieve a specific goal related to improving patient or organizational outcomes.
- Explain a change theory and a leadership strategy, supported by relevant evidence, that is most likely to help an interdisciplinary team succeed in collaborating and implementing, or creating buy-in for, the project plan.
- Explain the collaboration needed by an interdisciplinary team to improve the likelihood of achieving the plan’s objective. Include best practices of interdisciplinary collaboration from the literature.
- Explain organizational resources, including financial, needed for the plan to succeed and the impacts on those resources if the improvements described in the plan are not made.
- Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions; contains few errors in grammar/punctuation, word choice, and spelling.
- Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references, exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.
Additional Requirements
- Length of submission: Use the template. Remember that part of this assessment is to make the plan easy to understand and use, so it is critical that you are clear and concise. Most submissions will be 2–4 pages in length. Be sure to include a reference page at the end of the plan.
- Number of references: Cite a minimum of three sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your central ideas. Resources should be no more than 5 years old. See the Bachelor of Nursing (BSN) Program Library Guide.
- APA formatting: Make sure that in-text citations and reference list follow current APA style. See the APA Module.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
- Competency 1: Explain strategies for managing human and financial resources to promote organizational health.
- Explain organizational resources, including financial, needed for a plan to succeed and the impacts on those resources if nothing is done to address the improvements sought by the plan.
- Competency 2: Explain how interdisciplinary collaboration can be used to achieve desired patient and systems outcomes.
- Explain the collaboration needed by an interdisciplinary team to improve the likelihood of achieving a plan’s objective. Include best practices of interdisciplinary collaboration from the literature.
- Competency 3: Describe ways to incorporate evidence-based practice within an interdisciplinary team.
- Describe an objective and predictions for an evidence-based interdisciplinary plan to achieve a specific goal related to improving patient or organizational outcomes.
- Competency 4: Explain how change management theories and leadership strategies can enable interdisciplinary teams to achieve specific organizational goals.
- Explain a change theory and a leadership strategy, supported by relevant evidence, that are most likely to help an interdisciplinary team succeed in collaborating and implementing, or creating buy-in for, the project plan.
- Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly, evidence-based communication strategies to impact patient, interdisciplinary team, and systems outcomes.
- Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions; contains few errors in grammar/punctuation, word choice, and spelling.
- Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references, exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.
Scoring Guide
Use the scoring guide to understand how your assessment will be evaluated.
Collapse AllCriterion 1Describe an objective and predictions for an evidence-based interdisciplinary plan to achieve a specific goal related to improving patient or organizational outcomes.DistinguishedDescribes an objective and predictions for an evidence-based interdisciplinary plan to achieve a specific goal related to improving patient or organizational outcomes.ProficientDescribes an objective and predictions for an evidence-based interdisciplinary plan to achieve a specific goal related to improving patient or organizational outcomes.BasicIdentifies but does not describe an objective and predictions for an evidence-based interdisciplinary plan to achieve a specific goal related to improving patient or organizational outcomes.Non PerformanceDoes not identity an objective and predictions for an evidence-based interdisciplinary plan to achieve a specific goal related to improving patient or organizational outcomes.Criterion 2Explain a change theory and a leadership strategy, supported by relevant evidence, that are most likely to help an interdisciplinary team succeed in collaborating and implementing, or creating buy-in for, the project plan.DistinguishedExplains a change theory and a leadership strategy, supported by relevant evidence, that are most likely to help an interdisciplinary team succeed in collaborating and implementing, or creating buy-in for, the project plan. Provides real-world examples relevant to the health care organization that is the context for the plan.ProficientExplains a change theory and a leadership strategy, supported by relevant evidence, that are most likely to help an interdisciplinary team succeed in collaborating and implementing, or creating buy-in for, the project plan.BasicExplains a change theory and a leadership strategy without supporting evidence. The relevance to helping an interdisciplinary team succeed in collaborating and implementing, or creating buy-in for, the project plan is unclear or missing.Non PerformanceDoes not explain a change theory and a leadership strategy, supported by relevant evidence, that are most likely to help an interdisciplinary team succeed in collaborating and implementing, or creating buy-in for, the project plan.Criterion 3Explain the collaboration needed by an interdisciplinary team to improve the likelihood of achieving a plan’s objective. Include best practices of interdisciplinary collaboration from the literature.DistinguishedExplains the collaboration needed by an interdisciplinary team to improve the likelihood of achieving a plan’s objective. Includes best practices of interdisciplinary collaboration from the literature. Provides real-world examples relevant to the health care organization that is the context for the plan.ProficientExplains the collaboration needed by an interdisciplinary team to improve the likelihood of achieving a plan’s objective. Includes best practices of interdisciplinary collaboration from the literature.BasicExplains collaboration, but not in terms of an interdisciplinary team, or no best practices of interdisciplinary collaboration from the literature are shared.Non PerformanceDoes not explain the collaboration needed by an interdisciplinary team to improve the likelihood of achieving a plan’s objective. Does not include best practices of interdisciplinary collaboration from the literature.Criterion 4Explain organizational resources, including financial, needed for a plan to succeed and the impacts on those resources if nothing is done to address the improvements sought by the plan.DistinguishedExplains organizational resources, including financial, needed for a plan to succeed and the impacts on those resources if nothing is done to address the improvements sought by the plan. Provides real-world examples relevant to the care setting in which the plan will be implemented.ProficientExplains organizational resources, including financial, needed for a plan to succeed and the impacts on those resources if nothing is done to address the improvements sought by the plan.BasicExplains organizational resources needed for a plan to succeed but does not include financial resources, or does not discuss impacts on those resources if nothing is done to address the improvements sought by the plan.Non PerformanceDoes not explain organizational resources, including financial, needed for a plan to succeed and the impacts on those resources if nothing is done to address the improvements sought by the plan.Criterion 5Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions; contains few errors in grammar/punctuation, word choice, and spelling.DistinguishedOrganizes content with a clear purpose. Content flows logically with smooth transitions using coherent paragraphs, correct grammar/punctuation, word choice, and free of spelling errors.ProficientOrganizes content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions; contains few errors in grammar/punctuation, word choice, and spelling.BasicOrganizes content with some logical flow and smooth transitions. Contains errors in grammar/punctuation, word choice, and spelling.Non PerformanceDoes not organize content for ideas. Lacks logical flow and smooth transitions.Criterion 6Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references, exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.DistinguishedExhibits strict and flawless adherence to APA formatting of headings, in-text citations, and references. Quotes and paraphrases correctly.ProficientApplies APA formatting to in-text citations and references, exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.BasicApplies APA formatting to in-text citations, headings and references incorrectly and/or inconsistently, detracting noticeably from the content. Inconsistently uses headings, quotes and/or paraphrasing.Non PerformanceDoes not apply APA formatting to headings, in-text citations, and references. Does not use quotes or paraphrase correctly.
