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Sepsis is a medical emergency. If not treated immediately a patient may quickly progress to severe sepsis, septic shock and eventually death. The early recognition of severe sepsis presentation project is an evidence-based project for the medical-surgical floor to decrease the amount of time from early signs of sepsis to treatment of sepsis. The project focuses on improving severe sepsis early recognition on the medical surgical floor. The project aim is to get

Running head: EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE PROPOSAL 1 Evidence-Based Practice Proposal Final Paper Student’s Name Institution Affiliation Date EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE PROPOSAL 2 Abstract Sepsis is a medical emergency. If not treated immediately a patient may quickly progress to severe sepsis, septic shock and eventually death. The early recognition of severe sepsis presentation project is an evidence-based project for the medical-surgical floor to decrease the amount of time from early s...

What environmental forces drive organization development in your field or industry? What are the steps successful organizations take when responding to change? Have you experienced forces of change in your work environment? How did the changes affect your organization? According to Brook (2016), there are six forces driving organization development in the healthcare industry: dissatisfied consumers, increased cost sharing, skyrocketing prescription drug costs, healthcare complexity, access an...

Explain how successful communication is used throughout a change process to convey vision and strategies to stakeholders. What may be occurring with the communication process if the change process begins to fail? When leaders communicate the change vision effectively, it promotes organizational understanding and establishes a foundation for commitment from employees (Tanner, 2019). Communication is important and needs to be done properly with all stakeholders. Through effective communication,...

Describe the role of organizational development in contemporary organizations. How does organizational development help organizations prepare for or implement change? Provide an example from your organization. Organizational development is an effort planned, organization-wide, and managed from the top in order to increase the organization’s effectiveness and health through planned interventions in the organization’s processes, using behavioral-science knowledge (McNamara, n.d.). Organizat...

Discuss the importance of identifying and acknowledging short-term wins during change. What types of short-term wins are most meaningful? Why? Short-term wins are important to sustain long term change. Success is contagious especially early. Early success creates momentum and makes it easy for stakeholders to believe in the change efforts (Tanner, 2019). Tanner (2019) defines short-term wins as an improvement in the organization that is implemented in 6 to 18 months. The most meaningful types...

Compare and contrast two different change models. What leadership approach would you use to implement your preferred model? Why? Driving and motivating change is a challenge that most organizations are confronting today. The occasions when soundness and consistency were the primary business needs are a distant memory. Kotter's change the board model is perhaps the most well-known and embraced ones on the planet. My main thing from this model is that it centers on planning employees for cha...

Consider an organization in your field or industry. Describe the essential systems necessary to facilitate continuous change without compromising quality or causing burnout among employees. Describe three factors to consider when making sure that the changes made become permanently imbedded in the organization's culture. The essential systems necessary to facilitate continuous change without compromising quality or causing burnout among employees is to provide a stabilizing foundation. B...

What types of obstacles/objections do leaders face from stakeholders when implementing change within an organization? What strategies can leaders use to work with stakeholders, remove obstacles, and address objections? There are multiple known or predictable obstacles for change implementation faced by change leaders as well as unforeseen or unpredictable barriers which may surface along the way. Among the most common obstacles are: A shortfall of executive support or an absence of dynam...