Assessment 4 Instructions: Advocating for Lasting Change

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Develop and record a 10-15 slide, asynchronous, audiovisual presentation for policymakers, soliciting resource and policy support for the community health care system change you proposed in the previous assessment. Assessment 4 Instructions: Advocating for Lasting Change

Introduction – Assessment 4 Instructions: Advocating for Lasting Change

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 assessment provides an opportunity to develop a presentation aimed at soliciting resource and policy support for the community health care change you proposed in Assessment 3.

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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 assessment, you are encouraged to begin thinking about funding and securing policy support for lasting change. In addition, you may wish to:

- Review the assessment requirements and scoring guide to ensure that you understand the work you will be asked to complete.
- Review Guiding Questions: Advocating for Lasting Change [DOCX], which includes questions to consider and additional guidance on how to successfully complete the assessment.
- Be sure that your audiovisual equipment works and that you know how to record and upload your presentation.

Note: Remember that you can submit all or a portion of your draft presentation to Smarthinking Tutoring for feedback before you submit the final version for this assessment. If you plan on using this free service, be mindful of the turnaround time of 24–48 hours for receiving feedback.

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AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT SETUP AND TESTING

It is a good idea to check that your recording hardware and software is working properly and that you are familiar with its use as you will make a video recording of your presentation. You may use Kaltura Media or other technology of your choice for your video recording.

- If using Kaltura Media, refer to the Using Kaltura tutorial for directions on recording and uploading your video in the courseroom.

You may use Microsoft PowerPoint or other suitable presentation software to create your slides. If you elect to use an application other than PowerPoint, check with your faculty to avoid potential file compatibility issues.

Note: If you require the use of assistive technology or alternative communication methods to participate in this activity, please contact DisabilityServices@Capella.edu to request accommodations.

Requirements – Assessment 4 Instructions: Advocating for Lasting Change

Develop and record a video 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 assessments 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 assessment. In addition, be sure to note the requirements below for the presentation format, length, and for citing supporting evidence.

- Explain why proposed changes to a health care system require policy and financial support to ensure positive, systemic change and to overcome present challenges.
- Provide compelling evidence that proposed changes to a health care system will produce the intended outcomes.
- Provide broad budget estimates to fund specific capital or human resource outlays that are important to the success of a proposed change.
- Outline a plan for leading transformational, evidence-based change in an organization.
- Assess the potential future for wellness, health, and improved overall care and the role of visionary leaders in achieving the desired goals.

- - As a guide, explore the website of Healthy People 2030.
- Cultivate stakeholder interest in and support for the proposed changes to a community health care system.
- Develop slides that augment a multimedia presentation.
- Argue persuasively to obtain policy and financial support from policymakers for a proposed community health care change.
- Support assertions, arguments, propositions, and conclusions with relevant and credible evidence.

Presentation Format and Length

Remember, you may use Microsoft PowerPoint or other suitable presentation software to create your slides. If you elect to use an application other than PowerPoint, check with your faculty to avoid potential file compatibility issues.

Your slide deck should consist of 10–15 slides, not including the title, questions, and references slides. Use the speaker’s notes section of each slide to develop your talking points and cite your sources, as appropriate.

Be sure that your slide deck includes the following slides:

Note: Your slide titles will depend on your choice of community and the specific content of your change proposal.

- Title slide.

- - Title or name of your project (main focus of your change proposal).
  - Subtitle (optional), which could include Jordan or Armitage, if not part of the title.
  - Your name.
  - Date.
  - Course number and title.
- Introduction.

- - Identify the stakeholders to whom you are presenting.
- Social determinants affecting health in the community (may need more than one slide).
- Synopsis of the windshield survey and environmental analysis findings.

- - Identify the positive aspects of the community.
  - Identify opportunities for improvement. Although your change proposal addresses these opportunities, avoid phrasing them as negatives.
- Your change proposal—briefly outlined (may need more than one slide).
- Benefits of the change to the community and stakeholders.
- Challenges or concerns.

- - Address the implications for the community and organizational stakeholders, if these opportunities are not addressed.
- Funding (may need more than one slide).

- - Include the financial implications for the community and organizational stakeholders.
  - Specify your funding needs (how much and for what)?
- Community health implications (may need more than one slide).

- - Explain how the proposed change will improve the health of the community.
  - Address both direct or indirect benefits, as applicable.
- Conclusion.

- - Summarize key points.
  - Be sure to thank your audience for their time and consideration of your proposal.
- Questions.

- - Add a slide to prompt questions from the audience.
- References (at the end of your presentation).

Supporting Evidence

Cite 3–5 credible sources from peer-reviewed journals or professional industry publications to support your presentation.

Additional Requirements

Upload your video presentation and attach the presentation slides, with speaker notes. See Using Kaltura for more information about uploading media. You may submit the assessment only once, so be sure that the assessment deliverables are included before submitting your assessment.

Proofread your slides to minimize errors that could distract the audience and make it more difficult to focus on the substance of your presentation.

Portfolio Prompt: You may choose to save your presentation to your ePortfolio.

Competencies Measured

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

- Competency 1: Identify the challenges and opportunities facing health care.

- - Explain why proposed changes to a health care system require policy and financial support to ensure positive, systemic change and to overcome present challenges.
- Competency 2: Compare the effects of different health care finance models and policy frameworks on resources and patient outcomes.

- - Provide broad budget estimates to fund specific capital or human resource outlays that are important to the success of a proposed change.
- Competency 3: Evaluate the positive and negative influences of leaders on health care processes and outcomes.

- - Assess the potential future for wellness, health, and improved overall care and the role of visionary leaders in achieving the desired goals.
  - Cultivate stakeholder interest in and support for the proposed changes to a community health care system.
- Competency 4: Develop proactive strategies to change the culture of the organization by incorporating evidence-based practices. Assessment 4 Instructions: Advocating for Lasting Change

- - Provide compelling evidence that proposed changes to a health care system will produce the intended outcomes.
  - Outline a plan for leading transformational, evidence-based change in an organization.
- Competency 5: Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, in an appropriate form and style consistent with applicable organizational, professional, and scholarly standards.

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

Use the scoring guide to understand how your assessment will be evaluated.

Guiding Questions for Assessment 4

Advocating for Lasting Change

This document is designed to give you questions to consider and additional guidance to help you successfully complete the Advocating for Lasting Change assignment. You may find it useful to use this document as a pre-writing exercise, an outlining tool, or as a final check to ensure that you have sufficiently addressed all the grading criteria for this assignment. This document is a resource to help you complete the assignment. Do not turn in this document as your assignment submission.

Change Proposal Presentation

Develop and record a video presentation to 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 assignments and consolidate lessons learned.

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

What types of policies are applicable to the changes you are proposing? For example, federal, state, and municipal governments; community agencies; and service providers, including health care organizations.
Why are specific policy changes and funding needed?
What assumptions held by policymakers, members of the community or health care providers underlie current policy?

Provide compelling evidence that proposed changes to a health care system will produce the intended outcomes. Assessment 4 Instructions: Advocating for Lasting Change

How are existing policies affecting current and future outcomes?
How will your proposed changes bring about the desired change?
What evidence do you have to support your conclusions about the efficacy of the proposed changes?

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

What resources are needed to implement and sustain your proposed changes?
What data and information do you have that supports your budget estimates?

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

What is your vision for change?
How will your proposed changes affect your organization?
How will you address barriers to change?
What changes in organizational culture are needed to support and sustain change?
How will you ensure ongoing and effective communication?
Who are the key individuals in your organization who are accountable for implementing and sustaining the change?
What evidence supports your plan?

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

Note: Explore the website of HealthyPeople.gov. Use it as a guide when examining the potential future for wellness, healthy people, and improved overall care.

What is your vision for a healthy community?
What are the risks and benefits inherent in your vision?
What leadership style will be effective in driving change to accomplish health and wellness goals?

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

Who are your stakeholders?
How might they influence your proposal for change?
Articulate your vision for change clearly and concisely.
Anticipate and address stakeholder concerns and acknowledge potential risks.
What objections might you anticipate and how would you counter them?
What evidence supports your claims?

Develop slides that augment a multimedia presentation.

Refer to the presentation design tips below.

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

Express your main points, arguments, and conclusions coherently and convincingly.
Address the anticipated needs and concerns of your audience.
Rehearse your presentation before making your final recording.

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

Integrate relevant and credible evidence from 3–5 peer-reviewed journals or professional industry publications.
Is your supporting evidence clear and explicit?
- How or why does particular evidence support a claim?
- Will your reader see the connection?
Did you summarize, paraphrase, and quote your sources appropriately?

Presentation Design Tips

Being able to effectively address any audience is a necessary leadership skill. Remember that you are the speaker, not a projectionist. Your purpose is not to present a slide show. Your audience is there to listen to what you have to say, not read your slides—or worse, listen to you read them. Design your presentation slides to compliment and reinforce your message and engage your listeners.

The following tips will help you create presentation slides that work to your advantage:

Use a professional presentation template or one used in your organization.
Ensure that your slide background provides sufficient visual contrast for your text and graphics.
Consider your intended audience and how best to communicate effectively with them.
Focus on the content of your presentation and the development of your key points. Remember that your purpose is to garner support for your change proposal.
Create slides that augment your presentation. They should not be your presentation.
- Presentation slides are a visual medium. Images are more effective than text at engaging your audience.
- Be judicious in your use of bulleted lists. You might even consider a separate slide for some of your key points. Assessment 4 Instructions: Advocating for Lasting Change
Use speaker notes to record the details you want to communicate to your audience.
- Speaker notes can also serve as an audio recording script.
Use images and graphics, when the visual representation of information facilitates understanding or effectively reinforces key points.
- Avoid using images that are simply decorative. They can be a visual distraction and do not contribute to your message.
Avoid using flashy slide transitions and animations. They can be both distracting and annoying. Keep your slide transitions consistent throughout the presentation.
Add a slide to the end of your presentation to prompt questions from the audience.
Proofread your slides to minimize errors that could distract the audience and make it more difficult to focus on the substance of your presentation.

Submission Reminders

Have you provided adequate justification for why your proposed changes require policy and financial support?
Have you provided compelling evidence that your proposed changes will produce the intended outcomes?
Have you provided broad budget estimates to fund specific capital or human resource outlays that are important to the success of the proposed change?
Have you outlined your change leadership plan?
Have you described your vision for a healthy community and the role of visionary leaders in achieving the desired goals?
Is your presentation clear, concise, and effective?
- Did you address the anticipated needs and concerns of your audience?
Is your presentation well-supported by 3–5 sources of relevant and credible evidence?
Do you have 10–15 slides that effectively support your presentation, without being your presentation?
Did you proofread your slides?