You are encouraged to complete the Managing Change activity. Completing course activities before submitting your first attempt has been shown to make the difference between basic and proficient assessments. Scenario Your nurse manager has been observing your effectiveness as a care coordinator and recognizes the importance of educating other staff nurses in care coordination. Consequently, she has asked you to develop

Preparation You are encouraged to complete the Managing Change activity. Completing course activities before submitting your first attempt has been shown to make the difference between basic and proficient assessments. Scenario Your nurse manager has been observing your effectiveness as a care coordinator and recognizes the importance of educating other staff nurses in care coordination. Consequently, she has asked you to develop a presentation for your colleagues on basic care coordination. By providing them with basic information about the care coordination process, you will assist them in taking on an expanded role in helping to manage the care coordination process and improve patient outcomes in your community care center. To prepare for this assessment, identify key factors nurses must consider to effectively participate in the care coordination process. You may also wish to: • Review the assessment instructions and scoring guide to ensure you understand the work you will be asked to complete. • Allow plenty of time to rehearse your presentation. Recording Equipment Setup and Testing Check that your recording equipment and software are working properly and that you know how to record and upload your presentation. You may use Kaltura (recommended) or similar software for your audio recording. A reference page is required. However, no PowerPoint presentation is required for this assessment. Instructions Complete the following: • Develop a video presentation for nursing colleagues highlighting the fundamental principles of care coordination. Include community resources, ethical issues, and policy issues that affect the coordination of care. To prepare, and develop a detailed narrative script. The script will be submitted along with the video. Presentation Format and Length Create a detailed narrative script for your video presentation, approximately 4–5 pages in length. Include a reference list at the end of the script. Supporting Evidence Cite 3–5 credible sources from peer-reviewed journals or professional industry publications to support your video. Include your source citations on a references page appended to your narrative script. Explore the resources about effective presentations as you prepare your assessment. Grading Requirements The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the Care Coordination Presentation to Colleagues Scoring Guide, so be sure to address each point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed. • Outline effective strategies for collaborating with patients and their families to achieve desired health outcomes. o Provide, for example, drug-specific educational interventions, cultural competence strategies. o Include evidence that you have to support your selected strategies. • Identify the aspects of change management that directly affect elements of the patient experience essential to the provision of high-quality, patient-centered care. • Explain the rationale for coordinated care plans based on ethical decision making. o Consider the reasonable implications and consequences of an ethical approach to care and any underlying assumptions that may influence decision making. • Identify the potential impact of specific health care policy provisions on outcomes and patient experiences. o What are the logical implications and consequences of relevant policy provisions? o What evidence do you have to support your conclusions? • Raise awareness of the nurse’s vital role in the coordination and continuum of care in a video-recorded presentation. o Fine tune the presentation to your audience. o Stay focused on key issues of import with respect to the effects of resources, ethics, and policy on the provision of high-quality, patient-centered care. o Adhere to presentation best practices. Additional Requirements Submit both your presentation video and script. The script should include a reference page. iles. You may submit the assessment only once, so be sure that both assessment deliverables are included. Context Nurses have a powerful role in coordination and continuum of care. All nurses must be cognizant of the care coordination process and how safety, ethics, policy, physiological, and cultural needs affect care and patient outcomes. As a nurse, care coordination is something that should always be considered. Nurses must be aware of factors that impact care coordination and of a continuum of care that utilizes community resources effectively and is part of an ethical framework that represents the professionalism of nurses. Understanding policy elements helps nurses coordinate care effectively.