For this assessment, you will develop an 8-14 slide PowerPoint presentation with thorough speaker’s notes designed for a hypothetical in-service session related to the safe medication administration improvement plan you developed in Assessment 2.

instructions /resources:

LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES

• American Organization of Nurse Executives. (2015). Nurse executive competencies [PDF]. Retrieved from https://www.aonl.org/nurse-executive-competencies
  • The AONE nurse executive competencies may be a helpful resource as you design your presentation, especially with regard to communication and collaboration.

  • EVIDENCE AND VALUE-BASED DECISION MAKING

    • Zadeh, R., Sadatsafavi, H., & Xue, R. (2015). Evidence-based and value-based decision making about healthcare design: An economic evaluation of the safety and quality outcomes. HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 8(4), 58–76.
      • This article presents a model for taking different decision-making approaches to improve outcomes.

      • FACILITATING LEARNING

        • Fewster-Thuente, L. (2014). A contemporary method to teach collaboration to students. Journal of Nursing Education, 53(11), 641–645.
          • This article may give you some ideas for a skills practice activity to include in your Improvement Plan In-Service Presentation.
        • Green, J. K., & Huntington, A. D. (2017). Online professional development for digitally differentiated nurses: An action research perspective. Nurse Education in Practice, 22, 55–62.
          • Green and Huntington highlight five elements that are key to effective online professional development in this article describing an action-research project involving RNs in clinical settings.
        • Moradi, K., Najarkolai, A. R., & Keshmiri, F. (2016). Interprofessional teamwork education: Moving toward the patient-centered approach. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 47(10), 449–460.
          • The study discussed in this article involved the development of a framework of interprofessional framework competencies on which curricula and assessment tools could be based. Such an approach may be useful for you to consider as you develop your presentation.
        • Rakhudu, M. A., Davhana-Maselesele, M., & Useh, U. (2016). Concept analysis of collaboration in implementing problem-based learning in nursing education. Curationis, 39(1), 1–13.
          • In their effort to better understand and define collaboration in terms of problem-based learning, the authors observed the increasing importance of interprofessional collaboration to nursing education and other aspects of the health care profession.