ORGANIZATIONAL READINESS ASSESSMENT

ORGANIZATIONAL READINESS ASSESSMENT

How do you determine organizational readiness to implement change in your practice or organization? Are the individuals committed to making the change? Are they confident in the impact of the change? Are they prepared to face challenges?

The answers to these questions, and others, may provide insight into the readiness of an organization to implement change. Understanding an organization’s readiness provides critical insight into building a team, identifying stakeholders, and ultimately moving forward with a proposed change. As a nurse leader, it will be important to determine the organizational readiness and motivating factors of individuals associated with the organization to implement change.

For this Assignment, complete the Organizational Readiness Form to assist you in determining the readiness for implementing change. Utilizing this form, you will explore the importance of organizational readiness with your team and other stakeholders.

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Required Readings

• Dang, D., Dearholt, S. L., Bissett, K., Ascenzi, J., & Whalen, M. (2021). Johns Hopkins evidence-based practice for nurses and healthcare professionals: Model and guidelines (4th ed.). Sigma Theta Tau International.

o Chapter 5, “Searching for Evidence” (pp. 99–120)

• Hickey, J. V., & Giardino, E. R. (Eds.). (2021). Evaluation of quality in health care for DNPs (3rd ed.). Springer Publishing.

o Chapter 2, “The Nature of Evidence as a Basis for Evaluation” (pp. 37–64)

o Chapter 3, “Models for Evaluation in Advanced Nursing Practice” (pp. 65–92)

• Benson, L. A. (2021). Chapter 14: The DNP degree: A fundamental requirement for the chief nursing offer. The DNP professional: Translating value from classroom to practice. Slack.

• Benson, L. A. (2021). Chapter 15: Leaders, change agents: The unique contributions of a DNP-prepared nurse executive. The DNP professional: Translating value from classroom to practice. Slack.

• Benson, L. A. (2021). Chapter 16: Aligning DNP practice with the mission and strategic priority of the organization. The DNP professional: Translating value from classroom to practice. Slack.

• Foster, M., Shurtz, S., & Smith, M. L. (2014). Translating research into practice: Criteria for applying literature search results to your workLinks to an external site.. Health Promotion Practice, 15(2), 157–160. https://doi.org/10.1177/1524839913511628

• Haas, M., & Mortensen, M. (2016). The secrets of great teamwork.Links to an external site. Harvard Business Review, 94(6), 70–76. https://hbr.org/2016/06/the-secrets-of-great-teamwork

• Hussain, S. T., Lei, S., Akram, T., Haider, M. J., Hussain, S. H., & Ali, M. (2018). Kurt Lewin’s change model: A critical review of the role of leadership and employee involvement in organizational changeLinks to an external site.. Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, 3(3), 123–127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jik.2016.07.002

• Jones, E. P., Brennan, E. A., & Davis, A. (2020). Evaluation of literature searching and article selection skills of an evidence-based practice teamLinks to an external site.. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 108(3), 487–493. https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2020.865

• Merner, B., Lowe, D., Walsh, L., Synnot, A., Stratil, J., Lewin, S., Glenton, C., von Philipsborn, P., Schonfeld, L., Ryan, R., O’Connor, D., Hoving, J. L., & Hill, S. (2021). American Journal of Public HealthLinks to an external site., 111(7), 1210–1215. https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306252

• Smith, L. W. (2000). Stakeholder analysis: A pivotal practice of successful projectsLinks to an external site.. https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/stakeholder-analysis-pivotal-practice-projects-8905

• Document: Organizational Readiness Form (Microsoft Word document) Download Organizational Readiness Form (Microsoft Word document)

• Document: Stakeholder Analysis Form (Microsoft Word document) Download Stakeholder Analysis Form (Microsoft Word document)

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