What are the ability to facilitate change does not require a leadership or management title. Nurses have led change from the bedside to the boardroom. As nurse leaders, you are expected to acknowledge the need to facilitate change within the healthcare environment and system. You must be a change agent and look for ways to improve your environment, as change subsequently improves the care delivered and supports positive patient outcomes. You will identify a process that may need improvement within your chosen clinical site and select a change theory based on your reading assignments to capture the following points. Additionally, analyze the nurse leader’s role in facilitating change. Introduction of the practice issue that needs improvement. Background/context of the practice issue. Supports relevance of the issue with examples from the literature. Identifies pertinent stakeholders and addresses what “stake” each has in the issue. Identify the change theory or the theoretical underpinning to implement the change. Using a selected change theory, describe the importance of staff engagement, empowerment, commitment, and ownership of practice change. Analyze and explain how the nurse leader’s leadership style will impact the change process. Use citations from current literature to support leadership characteristics or theories. In your analysis, include the answers to the following questions: What made this leader unique and impressionable? What were some key attributes that you liked about this leader? What new insights have you identified for your leadership style as you observed the nurse leader? Is the nurse leader’s approach similar or different from how you would approach the change? How is the approach similar or different? Identify the proposed intervention. Describe possible improvements to the identified issue. Base decisions on the context of the clinical settings, suggestions from the literature, and selected change theory. Conclude and summarize the essential points. References: Yoder-Wise, P.S. (2019). Leading and managing in nursing (7thed., pp. 77). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Mosby. and one other scholarly article
