Educating Staff: Implementing Change Project

PurposeThe purpose of this PowerPoint presentation is to create the Educating Staff: Implementing Change Project PowerPoint presentation. Your plan is to educate the staff that will be involved in the pilot program. You will need to educate them on the problem, show the supporting evidence, and how your pilot plan will be implemented.Directions • Create an educational presentation for staff before the launch of your change project. This should inform the staff of the problem, your potential solution, and their role in change project. • The format for this proposal will be a PowerPoint presentation. • The length of the PowerPoint presentation should be 15-20 slides; excluding the title and reference slides. • Below are the topics for the slides: • Title slide • Description of the change model used • PICO question—include the elements • Scope of the problem—use statistics • Your team/stakeholders • Evidence to support your need for change—from research • Action Plan • Timeline for the plan • The nurses role and responsibility in the pilot program • Procedure • Forms that will be used (if applicable) • Resources available to the staff—including yourself • Summary • References • Citations and References must be included to support the information within each topic area. Refer to the APA manual, Chapter 7, for examples of proper reference format. Citations are to be noted for all information contained in your paper that is not your original idea or thought. Ask yourself, “How do I know this?” and then cite the source. Scholarly sources are expected, which means choose peer-reviewed journals and credible websites.Guidelines • Application: Use Microsoft PowerPoint 2010. • Length: The PowerPoint slide show is expected to be between 15-20 slides in length (not including the title slide and reference list slide). • Tutorial: For those not familiar with the development of a PowerPoint slideshow, the following link to the Microsoft website may be helpful. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/support/training-FX101782702.aspx The Chamberlain Student Success Strategies (CCSSS) offers a module on Computer Literacy that contains a section on PowerPoint. The link to SSP CCSSS may be found under the Special Courses list in eCollege.Best Practices in Preparing a PowerPoint PresentationThe following are best practices in preparing this project. • Slides should be easy to read with short bullet points and large font. Do not use paragraphs. • Be creative, but realistic with your intervention and evaluation tool. • Incorporate graphics, clip art, or photographs to increase interest. • Review directions thoroughly. • Cite all sources within the slide show with in-text citations, as well as a reference page. • Proofread prior to final submission. • Spell check for spelling and grammar errors prior to final submission. • Abide by the Chamberlain College of Nursing academic integrity policy.

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument. Educating Staff: Implementing Change Project