Assignment
Change Management Plan Outline
In this assignment you will select a health policy issue that is of national concern. The general criteria for the health policy issue you select is the following: The policy is having a negative impact upon health care or the policy is missing components and this exclusion produces negative consequences in health care. The policy is one that has a national scope and so can be affected by federal policy or by changes to federal policy. For example, conservative lawmakers are trying to defund Planned Parenthood because they offer abortion services to those who want or need them. But abortion services only make up 3% of the services provided by Planned Parenthood.The other 97% is providing contraception to help prevent unintended pregnancies (approximately 579,000 in a single year), providing more than 270,000 Pap tests and more than 360,000 breast exams in a single year (critical services for cancer detection), providing more than 4.2 million tests and treatments for STDs (including 650,000 HIV tests), providing educational programs and outreach to 1.5 million people a year, and providing affordable general medical care and counselling services to its clients. In this case, if the health policy that defunds Planned Parenthood were to pass, what is missing from the policy is addressing how the other 97% of the services they offer will be provided for. The health policy issue would be the consequences to defunding Planned Parenthood and the ramifications it will have as a result of eliminating all services.
Review Box 7-3 Example of Policy Decision Brief and Box 7-4 Example of a One-Page "Leave-Behind" Summary of a Nursing Policy Issue located on p. 68 in Ch. 7 of Policy & Politics for additional examples of health policy issues.
Utilize this Change Management Plan Outline as a guide for developing your Change Management Plan. Incorporate the work youcompleted in previous weeks into your final plan.
Research a health policy issue that is of national concern that you will use as the subject for a change management plan.
Develop a 1,150- to 1,600-wordChange Management Plan using John Kotter's eight-step change model from Week 3.
Include the following in your plan;
• What current health policy issue exist that are of national concern that affect the NP?
• What evidence is there to support the need to address the policy? Does the evidence indicate a sense of urgency regarding the issue?
• How is the policy issue represented in the media and what type of influence does this have on you implementing change in this area?
• What are the ethical consequences if changes aren't implemented?
• Identify stakeholders that will assist you in implementing the change, including opportunities for interprofessional relationships.
• Develop a plan for how and where you see the policy issue making an impact.
• Identify potential barriers that will hinder you from implementing change in this area and how you will face them to keep the change process progressing.
• Create a strategy that will gain the support of your congressional representative or of one your senatorsand drive them to introduce legislation that will address the policy issue.
• How can you use Kurt Lewin's change management model to solidify change in this area?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.