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.
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
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.
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.
• 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.
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.
