Week 11: Evaluating and Sustaining Change
What does it mean to evaluate and sustain change?
Quality improvement initiatives require the evaluation of changes, as well as the ability to sustain the changes long term. This requires effective leadership approaches to motivate and inspire, as well as the ability to adequately measure the value and function of the change.
This week, you will submit your certificate of completion for the IHI Modules required for this course. You will examine the use of both change management and change leadership in the implementation of quality improvement. You will also explore the role of evaluation and sustainment as it relates to change.
Learning Objectives
Students will:
- Complete healthcare improvement and quality training program modules
- Compare change management and change leadership
- Analyze leadership approaches for evaluation of change in nursing practice
- Analyze leadership approaches for sustainment of change in nursing practice
- Analyze the function of leadership for evaluating, maintaining, and sustaining change
- Evaluate when to stop measuring change in organizations
Learning Resources
Required Readings (click to expand/reduce)
Required Media (click to expand/reduce)
Assignment: IHI Modules
- Complete andsubmit your certificate for all 13 IHI Modules by Day 2 of Week 11.
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Submission and Grading Information
To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:
- Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK11Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” as the name.
- Click the Week 11 Assignment Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Assignment.
- Click the Week 11 Assignment link. You will also be able to “View Rubric” for grading criteria from this area.
- Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK11Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.
- If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.
- Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.
