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Homework: Advocating for Lasting Change

Competencies

By successfully completing this homework, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies:

I. Competency I: Identify the challenges and opportunities facing health care.

i. Explain why proposed changes to a health care system require policy and financial support to ensure positive, systemic change and to overcome present challenges.

II. Competency II: Compare the effects of different health care finance models and policy frameworks on resources and patient outcomes.

i. Provide broad budget estimates to fund specific capital or human resource outlays that are important to the success of a proposed change.

III. Competency III: Evaluate the positive and negative influences of leaders on health care processes and outcomes.

i. Assess the potential future for wellness, health, and improved overall care and the role of visionary leaders in achieving the desired goals.
ii. Cultivate stakeholder interest in and support for the proposed changes to a community health care system.

IV. Competency IV: Develop proactive strategies to change the culture of the organization by incorporating evidence-based practices.

i. Provide compelling evidence that proposed changes to a health care system will produce the intended outcomes.
ii. Outline a plan for leading transformational, evidence-based change in an organization.

V. Competency V: Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, in an appropriate form and style consistent with applicable organizational, professional, and scholarly standards.

i. Develop slides that augment a multimedia presentation.
ii. Argue persuasively to obtain policy and financial support from policymakers for a proposed community health care change.
iii. Support assertions, arguments, propositions, and conclusions with relevant and credible evidence.

Develop and record a 10 to 15 slide, asynchronous, presentation for policymakers, soliciting resource and policy support for the community health care system change you proposed in the previous homework.

Introduction

Nurse leaders must be able to make effective financial and policy decisions. Equally important is the ability to communicate their vision for change to policymakers and provide objective, evidence-based support for their position with respect to the regulatory, political, social, ethical, legal, and financial aspects of systemic change.This homework provides an opportunity to develop a presentation aimed at soliciting resource and policy support for the community health care change you proposed in Homework.

Preparation

The executive leaders at Vila Health accepted your change proposal and would like to move it forward. However, lasting change in a volatile regulatory and policy environment will require adequate funding and support from the applicable governing body or regulatory agency. Consequently, you have been asked to present the proposed change to policymakers to seek their support and funding for the change as an established policy for the organization and community.To prepare for this homework, you are encouraged to begin thinking about funding and securing policy support for lasting change. In addition, you may wish to:

1. Review the homework requirements and scoring guide to ensure that you understand the work you will be asked to complete.

2. Review Guiding Questions: Advocating for Lasting Change [DOCX], which includes questions to consider and additional guidance on how to successfully complete the homework.

3. Be sure that your audiovisual equipment works and that you know how to record and upload your presentation.

You may use Microsoft PowerPoint or other suitable presentation software to create your slides. If you elect to use an

Task

Develop presentation for policymakers from the appropriate governing body or regulatory agency requesting policy and financial support for your proposed change. Draw on your work in the previous homeworks and consolidate lessons learned.The presentation requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide, so be sure to address each point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed. The Guiding Questions: Advocating for Lasting Change document provides additional considerations that may be helpful in completing your homework. In addition, be sure to note the requirements below for the presentation format, length, and for citing supporting evidence.

Question 1. Explain why proposed changes to a health care system require policy and financial support to ensure positive, systemic change and to overcome present challenges.

Question 2. Provide compelling evidence that proposed changes to a health care system will produce the intended outcomes.

Question 3. Provide broad budget estimates to fund specific capital or human resource outlays that are important to the success of a proposed change.

Question 4. Outline a plan for leading transformational, evidence-based change in an organization.

Question 5. Assess the potential future for wellness, health, and improved overall care and the role of visionary leaders in achieving the desired goals.

Question a. As a guide, explore the website of Healthy People 2030.

Question 6. Cultivate stakeholder interest in and support for the proposed changes to a community health care system.

Question 7. Develop slides that augment a multimedia presentation.

Question 8. Argue persuasively to obtain policy and financial support from policymakers for a proposed community health care change.

Question 9. Support assertions, arguments, propositions, and conclusions with relevant and credible evidence.