Critically explore and appraise the leadership and change management strategies that will be used to implement the change.

3. Discussion (4000 words)

1. Critically explore and appraise the leadership and change management strategies that will be used to implement the change. In discussing your strategy, you need to evaluate the role of nurse leaders in leading, managing, and changing practice through innovation in order to improve patient / service user care in a variety of settings in your field of practice.

2. Critically discuss your proposed delivery plan of change / improvement / innovation to improve patient safety/outcomes. You need to clearly evaluate the involvement of all stakeholders in developing the plans for delivering change and innovation that focus on better outcomes for people who use services in your field of practice.

3. Systematically appraise collaborative approaches to identifying risks and challenges, problem solving and decision-making in planning and implementing your proposed change in challenging, complex and dynamic health and social care systems such as the NHS. You need to clearly identify potential barriers and how these will be managed using evidence -based approaches.

4. Discuss how you will evaluate and measure the success of your delivery/implementation plan/service development/innovation/improvement and what further action plan might be required.

5. Critically reflect on how you have developed your ability to lead change since year 1. You need to reflect on how your learning has prepared you to be able to lead, manage, and improve services in order to improve patient / service user outcomes and or safety in your field of practice.Page 4 of 4

4. Conclusion (500 words)

1. Summary: Write a short concluding statement, which summarises the key learning points that have emerged from the discussion.

2. Recommendations. Make recommendations on what needs to be done in light of your findings and conclusions.

5. References. Appropriate referencing is an important element of academic writing. Ensure that you have used the most up-to-date UWL referencing guide available from the library. Please be aware that the referencing guide is regularly updated.

6. Appendices. You are required to include your poster as an appendix (Session 11). Any other diagrams /charts should also be included in the appendix. Remember that appendices need to be fully referenced and need to be cited in the main body of your work. Appendices are not marked, but supplement the information discussed in the main body of the essay.