Marjorie Benton

Cognitive Training

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Write a draft of the introduction to your system analysis and how Stage 1 and 2(1. Creating sense of urgency and 2. Form a powerful guiding coalition) of Kotter’s Change Model apply to your topic (use of cognitive training to improve the care of dementia patients in skilled nursing facility).

Elements to address include:

  1. Brief description of the proposed change.
  2. Stage 1: Why is the status quo unacceptable?
    1. What feedback have you received from your patients and other internal/external constituents that leads you to make the proposed change?
  3. Stage 2: Who are members of your guiding coalition? (DON, Nursing Managers, Medical Directors) , Why did you choose them?
    1. Describe the members of your guiding coalition in terms of:
      1. Position Power
      2. Expertise
      3. Credibility
      4. Leadership (Note: 2.5 points for each of the characteristics
    2. Describe the trust, mutual understanding, respect, and caring within the guiding coalition. (Note: 2.5 points for each of the factors)
    3. What is the common goal within the guiding coalition regarding the proposed change?
    4. Support your writing using 6 APA references.
    5. See template areas on how to write your introduction.

Requirements: 3pages

Answer preview

As the facilitator initiating the change, it has been crucial utilizing negotiation and persuasion skills to convince the patients and the healthcare workers of the need to embrace the treatment intervention (Hackman, 2017). One compelling reason that has been used to reinforce the need to change is the statistics mentioned above showing that dementia will be a significant problem in the future, with 115 million being affected by 2050 (Bahar-Fuchs et al., 2019). Giving these statistics has been essential to raise awareness that the patients should not wait to be part of those numbers. The second reason is that healthcare worker supporting the change is a practical approach to improving patient satisfaction. Still, it has been strategic to encourage the healthcare workers to be leaders in steering quality healthcare, improving the facility’s reputation and patient outcomes.

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