NRS 493 Topic 5 DQ 1 Stakeholder support is necessary for a successful project implementation
NRS 493 Topic 5 DQ 1 Stakeholder support is necessary for a successful project implementation
Topic 5 DQ 1
May 16-18, 2022
Stakeholder support is necessary for a successful project implementation. Consider your internal stakeholders, such as the facility, unit, or health care setting where the change proposal is being considered, and your external stakeholders, like an individual or group outside the health care setting. Why is their support necessary to the success of your change proposal, and how you will go about securing that support?
Sharia Jones
Posted Date
May 22, 2022, 6:09 PM
Individuals or groups and organizations that have an interest in making decisions that affect the healthcare industry and its subsidiaries are called stakeholders. Stakeholders in healthcare play a major role in the direction of the healthcare industry as their support is critical to provide funding, support, strategic direction and solutions as it pertains to the healthcare Industry (Lübbeke, Carr, & Hoffmeyer, 2019). While obvious stakeholders include patients and care givers, it also extends further to include nurses, doctors, employers, community leaders and entities such as insurance companies.
Internal stakeholders for my capstone change proposal in the rehab hospital include rehab nurses, doctors, managers, and administrators. Their support is necessary in planning and execution of change proposal implementation. Studies support the concept of a stakeholder analysis which can be a critical success factor that should be included in every change proposal because it allows you to understand the needs and perspectives of these decision makers, as well as other individuals who influence and are influenced by the change proposal (Panorama Consulting Group, 2021).
References
Lübbeke, A., Carr, A. J., & Hoffmeyer, P. (2019). Registry stakeholders. EFORT open reviews, 4(6), 330–336. https://doi.org/10.1302/2058-5241.4.180077
Panorama Consulting Group. (2021). The Role Of A Stakeholder Analysis In Change Management [4 Reasons It’s Essential]. https://www.panorama-consulting.com/stakeholder-analysis-in-change-management
Coraline Powell
Posted Date
May 20, 2022, 7:27 PM
Replies to Sharia Jones
Stakeholders play a vital role in determining. the trajectory of any change project. This is because they are directly in the line of implementation and both their actions or inactions could influence the outcome of the case. In any implementation program there are internal stakeholders and external stakeholders. Internal stakeholders are those that are directly affected by the implementation of the project (Yang et al., 2022). External stakeholders, on the other hand, are not directly affected, but are bound to be somehow affected by the actions of the implementation.
In my change project, some of the direct stakeholders include smokers, nurses and the healthcare institution (Spaglietti & Marino, 2022). First the support of smokers to this intervention plays a vital role in ensuring that the project has adequate support and thus, this would ensure that the project records significant outcomes. When the smokers do not cooperate, nor do they participate and as a result, there are a small number of participants, this ultimately leads to adverse outcomes as it will be difficult to assess the impact of the project.
Nurses on the other hand are vital to the project as they are the implementers of the project. Lack of nurse support will adversely affect the implication of the project (Cutill, 2020). In healthcare, nurses are the most important sources of education of patients. Therefore, when an intervention requires education, such as this one, nurses are at the frontline of implementation and thus, their cooperation is vital.
The healthcare organizations that are hosting these interventions are also fundamental. While it is professionals such as nurses and doctors that implement projects, it is healthcare organizations that provide both the resources and platform needed for the implementation of these projects and thus, cooperation and support from healthcare organizations vital for the success of their programs.
The major external stakeholder that would be influenced by the project is the government. The government is a healthcare payer, and it at times absorb the costs of care, specially through uncompensated care (Dielman et al., 2020). Support by the government through things such as relaxing regulation to allow for such projects is vital as it ensures that nurses do not experience any barriers when attempting to implement the project.
Another vital external stakeholder is the larger society. These stakeholders play a vital role in terms of motivating the internal and external stakeholders to support the project. The members of the public motivate action by hospitals, nurses, patients and the government by working together to create a live support for an intervention. This will motivate action by internal stakeholders. For instance, members of the public can rally together and advocate against smoking in order to minimize the effects of secondhand smoke and this would motivate the smokers to seek help through the intervention and cease smoking in order to comply with public interests.
References
Cutilli C. C. (2020). Excellence in Patient Education: Evidence-Based Education that “Sticks” and Improves Patient Outcomes. The Nursing clinics of North America, 55(2), 267–282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cnur.2020.02.007
Dieleman, J. L., Cao, J., Chapin, A., Chen, C., Li, Z., Liu, A., Horst, C., Kaldjian, A., Matyasz, T., Scott, K. W., Bui, A. L., Campbell, M., Duber, H. C., Dunn, A. C., Flaxman, A. D., Fitzmaurice, C., Naghavi, M., Sadat, N., Shieh, P., Squires, E., … Murray, C. (2020). US Health Care Spending by Payer and Health Condition, 1996-2016. JAMA, 323(9), 863–884. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.0734
Saglietti, M., & Marino, F. (2022). Accomplishing Intergroup Relations in Group Homes: A Discursive Analysis of Professionals Talking About External and Internal Stakeholders. Frontiers in psychology, 13, 784345. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.784345
Yang, Y., Yang, F., & Zhao, X. (2022). The impact of the quality of environmental information disclosure on financial performance: the moderating effect of internal and external stakeholders. Environmental science and pollution research international, 10.1007/s11356-022-20553-y. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-20553-y
Natalie Ripley
replied toCoraline Powell
May 20, 2022, 8:16 PM
Replies to Coraline Powell
Coralline, in my experience I find that lifetime smokers are the hardest patient population to reform. I understand that the tobacco industry purposely included addictive ingredients into their products therefore making it more difficult for their consumers to quit smoking. However, it still surprises me that my cancer patients continue to smoke. My diabetic patients continue to smoke. And my cardiac patients continue to smoke. Education is extremely important but so are tangible resources for smokers to quit, like providing nicotine patches/gum, support group information and accessible follow up visits to healthcare providers. My grandmother would put on her big coat in the winter and stand in our backyard to smoke in the freezing winter because my mother would not allow her to smoke inside our house. My grandmother eventually died of pancreatic cancer, which is prevalent among smokers.
This past Thanksgiving we received a patient on our floor for a serious wound infection two months post op from a double mastectomy. The patient was with us until February and her wound had not improved much, despite the debridements, hyperbaric therapy & wound vac. This patient continued to go outside with family members and smoke (yet always denying it). She would take her oral chemotherapy drug, have her wound dressings changed and then smoke whenever she could sneak away.
I’ve realized how much a person’s mental strength and mental health plays in to making choices for physical health. Smoking is a very difficult habit to break. I wish you all the best in your capstone change topic to improve the health of this patient population.
- Sharia Jones
replied toNatalie Ripley
May 20, 2022, 10:49 PM
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Replies to Natalie Ripley
Hello Natalie,
Thank you for sharing your experience regarding your realization of how much a person’s mental strength and mental health plays in to making choices for physical health. This is the very reason why a multidimensional approach to wellness, that cares for the whole person’s physical, mental, emotional, social, intellectual, and spiritual wellbeing, is essential to optimal outcomes. Mental health plays a huge role in your general well-being, furthermore, a healthy mental state can help prevent serious health conditions.
A study found that positive psychological well-being can reduce the risks of heart attacks and strokes.
On the other hand, poor mental health can lead to poor physical health or harmful behaviors.
For example, depression has been linked to many chronic illnesses including diabetes, asthma, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and arthritis and Schizophrenia has also been linked to a higher risk of heart and respiratory (Mental Health Foundation, 2022).
References
Mental Health Foundation. (2022). Physical health and mental health. https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/a-to-z/p/physical-health-and-mental-health
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