NUR4093_2004062AssignmentsMilestone 3: Original Contribution Change Project Presentation

James Humes, former presidential speechwriter, said, “Communication is the language of leadership.” You now have an important idea, strategies for improvement, and evidence to back up your plan.

It is useless, however, unless it is implemented. In most organizations, you need permission and/or support to implement a project involving change, so you must now present your change project to administrators and/or other appropriate leaders for consideration.

For this final milestone, you will develop and record the delivery of a presentation using Milestones 1 and 2.

Step 1. Prepare

Prepare to develop your presentation by studying tips and key features of high-quality presentations. One resource is “Making Better PowerPoint Presentations (Links to an external site.)” – Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University

Step 2: Create

Utilize products from previous milestones to create a PowerPoint presentation which includes the following:

1. Title slide
2. Description of the ACE Star Model of Knowledge Transformation^© that was used
3. Description of practice issue
4. Scope of the problem—Use basic statistics from what is known about the issue in a practice setting.
5. Diverse practice team members/stakeholders (From Milestone 2)
6. Evidence to support the need for change from the Evidence Summary
7. Action Plan
8. Timeline for the plan (Determine how the plan would be implemented.)
9. The nurse’s role and responsibility in leading the implementation
10. Perspective of how the plan affects the organization (Consideration for the organizational mission, how the plan affects staffing, staff development, patient/staff satisfaction, and financial considerations)
11. Procedure (What steps are to be taken to complete this change process from start to finish?)
12. Forms that will be used (if applicable)
13. How quality care and/or safety would be affected, measured, and evaluated (Provide specific evaluation method.)
14. Summary/Conclusion
15. References

Your presentation should have no more than 15-20 slides, including the title and references slides.

Step 3: Record

Record a video presentation using Zoom that incorporates your PowerPoint. Your presentation should be 15-18 minutes, with an absolute maximum of 18 minutes.

• Keep in mind one key of high-quality presentations is being clear and concise. Practice your presentation in a mirror before recording. Review your recording, making notes of how it could be improved; then study the notes and redo the recording.

Step 4: Submit

Submit your PowerPoint file and a link to the recording.

Step 5. Celebrate!

Celebrate your accomplishment of the milestones and such an important, impactful major project!