Master’s Prepared nurse

Students will develop a scholarly paper addressing a health care delivery situation in need of change within the family practice setting. The paper will address how the master’s prepared nurse can facilitate the change process as a change agent.

Assignment Criteria:        

1. Discuss the essential elements needed by a master’s prepared nurse leader to be an effective change agent.
2. Discuss why the leadership role is an integral component for the mastered prepared nurse.
3. Identify and provide background information of a healthcare delivery situation within the nurse’s current practice that needs change.
4. Select and discuss a leadership theory and/or change model that the master’s prepared nurse can apply to the selected healthcare delivery situation.
5. Develop a proposed plan for change the master’s prepared nurse could initiate to address the selected healthcare delivery situation, provide rationale.
6. Discuss strategies the master’s prepared nurse can utilize to initiate change and improve outcomes related to the selected healthcare delivery situation.
7. Discuss how the master’s prepared nurse leader can facilitate interprofessional communication and collaboration during the change process
8. The scholarly paper should be in narrative format, 5 to 6 pages excluding the title and reference page.
9. Include an introductory paragraph, purpose statement, and a conclusion.
10. Include level 1 and 2 headings to organize the paper.
11. Write the paper in third person, not first person (meaning do not use ‘we’ or ‘I’) and in a scholarly manner. To clarify: I, we, you, me, our may not be used. In addition, describing yourself as the researcher or the author should not be used.