Developing an Implementation Plan for Compassion Fatigue Mitigation
Developing an Implementation Plan
Consider the population in which the solution is intended, the staff that will participate, and the key contributors that must provide approval and/or support for your project to be implemented. These stakeholders are considered your audience.
Develop an implementation plan (1,500-2,000 words) using the "Topic 3: Checklist" resource. The elements that should be included in your plan are listed below:
Method of obtaining necessary approval(s) and securing support from your organization's leadership and fellow staff.
Description of current problem, issue, or deficit requiring a change. Hint: If you are proposing a change in current policy, process, or procedure(s) when delivering patient care, describe first the current policy, process, or procedure as a baseline for comparison.
Detailed explanation of proposed solution (new policy, process, procedure, or education to address the problem/deficit).
Rationale for selecting proposed solution.
Evidence from your Review of Literature in Topic 2 to support your proposed solution and reason for change.
Description of implementation logistics (When and how will the change be integrated into the current organizational structure, culture, and workflow? Who will be responsible for initiating the change, educating staff, and overseeing the implementation process?)
Resources required for implementation: staff; educational materials (pamphlets, handouts, posters, and PowerPoint presentations); assessment tools (questionnaires, surveys, pre- and post-tests to assess knowledge of participants at baseline and after intervention); technology (technology or software needs); funds (cost of educating staff, printing or producing educational materials, gathering and analyzing data before, during, and following implementation), and staff to initiate, oversee, and evaluate change.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
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NRS-441V: Capstone Project
Topic 3: Checklist
Developing an Implementation Plan
Instructions:
This checklist is designed to help students organize the weekly exercises/assignments to be completed as preparation for the final, capstone project proposal. This checklist will also serve as a communication tool between students and faculty. Comments, feedback, and grading for modules 1-4 will be documented using this checklist.
Topic
Task Completed Comments/Feedback Points
Developing an Implementation Plan
- Explains method(s) of obtaining necessary approval(s) and securing support for proposal. _____ / 10
- Provides thorough description of current problem, issue, or deficit requiring change.
_____ / 20
- Provides detailed explanation of proposed solution. _____ / 20
- Discusses rationale for selecting proposed solution. _____ / 10
- Incorporates evidence from review of literature in Module 2 to support proposed solution. _____ / 20
- Provides a detailed description of implementation logistics.
_____ / 40
- Identifies resources required for implementation (Staff, education materials, assessment tools, technology, funds, etc.). _____ / 10
Written Format & Length Requirements - Assignment formatted according to APA.
- Word Count (1,500-2,000). _____ / 10
_____ / 10
TOTAL POINTS
_____ / 150
Sent in order messages on April 7th:
There is more added to this assignment that came out yesterday and I am noticing it now. It will require an additional page or 275 words. Here is the second half of this assignment.
In 1,500-2,000, word paper, develop an Implementation Plan that includes each of the required elements listed in your Syllabus instructions and the Week 3 Checklist. Please be sure to include evidence/references from your Week 2 Literature Review to support your plan (3 or 4 references should be sufficient...
Students Must: (a) Develop an educational tool and (b) develop an evaluation tool to include as an Appendix (i.e., pamphlet, handout, poster, PowerPoint® etc) and an assessment tool (i.e., questionnaire, survey, pre-/post tests…etc) that will be used to assess knowledge of participants at baseline and/or after intervention. You are not expected to use all tools listed here or in the Syllabus…you must select the tool(s) that best fits your proposal's need. One of each (educational and evaluation) should be sufficient.
Again, *ALL* tools must be your original work (not permitted to use an existing/published tool).
One educational tool is required but if more is discussed, must also prepare to submit them.
One evaluation tool is required but if more is discussed, you must be prepared to submit them.
Discuss the procedure you will use to assess each of your tools for its reliability/validity. How will you do this?
When discussing your tools in paper, be sure to refer the reader to see the tool by writing (see Appendix B or see Appendix B in parentheses) following the mention of the tool. See Proposal Exemplar for an illustration; otherwise, the reader will not know the tool exists. Appendices (tools) are not due until Week 4; however, if ready, may be submitted this week.
Please submit your Implementation Plan (and tools) to Turnitin (TII). Please follow the posted message related to submitting to TII should your score be > 20%.
The first part 1,500-2000 word paper is this paper I paid for but the development of an educational tool was not clear in the other directions. My instructor made it clear for us. So I will pay an additional page for this part. I would like them both done same time please.
Developing an Implementation Plan
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Background
The number of patients in emergency departments is increasing while there is also increased demand on nurses to improve their service in spite of support resources being constrained (Allender, Rector & Warner, 2013). As such, the pressure to improve performance and patient satisfaction has put a strain on nurses as they are more likely to suffer compassion fatigue and burnout while reporting low levels of compassion satisfaction. Given the need to also recruit and retain the most competent staff, nurse managers are also faced with the challenge of ensuring there is quality health care provision.
Obtaining necessary approval
Relying on evidence-based practice would increase the likelihood that the project would help reduce trauma and compassion fatigue at the workplace and improve health outcomes. Seeking approval for the proposed solution will also integrate staff support, since nurses and physicians are tasked with improving the quality of care. To begin with the implementation plan there will be a need to consult the nurses to ensure they understand the benefits of the proposed solution. Additionally, other staff working in the critical care department will be informed on the proposal as this makes it likely that all staff will be directly involved in the implementation process.
Nursing managers oversee the implementation of changes, while the hospital administrators approve changes. As such, the administrators will need to give their approval for the proposal, which will highlight on the changes to be undertaken based on evidence-based practice and assessment of the current situation. Hence, the objectives of the proposal will be clearly laid out, highlighting the benefits of the project as this will likely influence the administrator’s decision on accepting and approving the proposal. Typically, there is skepticism when implementing changes, and there is need to bring on board all stakeholders.
Description of current problem/ issue/ deficit
Compassion fatigue is one of the elements that regularly affects nurses, since they witness the turmoil that patients go through. At the same time, the problem of burnout affects the normal operations of hospital, while effective nurses also experience compassion fatigue (Allender, Rector & Warner, 2013). Even though, nurses typically show empathy to towards the patients, burnout and compassion fatigue limits the extent to which the nurses show caring tendencies because of the high stress levels. The notion that nurses are nurturing means that when there is compassion fatigue this affects the nurse negatively taking a toll on the emergency department, nursing staff, patients as well as families hence there is a need to focus on compassion satisfaction as a way to deal with compassion fatigue after recognizing and combating the condition.
Detailed explanation of proposed solution
Ideally, promoting teamwork at the workplace will improve the social support for nurses and enhance emotional attachment. However, nurses may not identify the signs of compassion fatigue and burnout, and there is a need to improve nursing education about the condition. The education program will be undertaken with a view of improving knowledge on recognizing the symptoms of compassion fatigue early on as this encourages early treatment to avoid negative health outcomes on nurses and slow down in hospital operations. In other words addressing the symptoms of compassion fatigue then encourages treatment.
The education sessions are emphasized even before there is a recovery program to reduce compassion fatigue and burnout as it will be easier to accelerate recovery when the participants have prior knowledge about causes of burnout. As such, the implementation of accelerated recovery programs can be undertaken following the success of the education sessions. The nursing participants are able to identify compassion fatigue among themselves and in others while working together, and this encourages the nurses to seek professional help.
Positive results may not be immediate following the implementation of the proposed solution is two faced focusing on changing nursing attitudes as well as improving the organization’s treatment approach as a whole. In other words, the education program highlights on implementing an intervention plan to influence nurses, with the organizational leadership providing approval to support the program in order to improve how organization utilizes resources. Since the intervention focuses also on the organization, other underlying issues that may result from compassion fatigue including patient satisfaction and nurse’s turnover are addressed.
Rationale for selecting proposed solution
Early recognition of compassion fatigue will make it easier to use resource more efficiently. As such, nursing education will ne highlighted as an intervention that will facilities intervention, while also assessing the level of knowledge attained as this is associated with implementing changes. In particular, recognizing compassion fatigue among the nurses will minimize burnout while also allowing timely intervention, and the nurses can also point out if they find evidence that there is a likelihood that other nurses are suffering from burnout (Allender, Rector & Warner, 2013). Lack of adequate knowledge on how to recognize compassion fatigues stalls intervention and this has a negative impact on the work rate of nurses and their ability to build caring relationships with patients. The education will incorporate the stakeholders, with emphasis on nurses who engage with patients more often than the other health practitioners. As such, informing the management about the progress of the training sessions facilitates monitoring y taking into account positive changes associated with the implementation process.
Incorporating evidence from review of literature
According to (Yoder, 2010), fatigue compassion impacts negatively on nurses, and as such interventions to deal with CF need to be addressed in order to improve patient outcome and avoid burnout among nurses. In any case Wentzel and Brysiewicz, (2014), highlight that the work environment may influence the onset of fatigue compassion and trauma. As such, the need to undertake intervention that involves all stakeholders would be beneficial in improving the working environment to address some of the stressors. Burnout has different effects on nurses, and timely interven...