Relevance to Professional Practice and to the Patient and Family NURS 4900

Relevance to Professional Practice and to the Patient and Family

Stroke is relevant to professional practice. As noted above, stroke is a preventable condition. Nurses have a critical role in the promotion of health and prevention of illnesses. As a result, the relevance of stroke can be seen from the increased need for nurses to ensure creation of awareness among the community members on the prevention and minimization of burden of stroke (Ouriques Martins et al., 2019). Stroke also has enormous burden to the patients, their families and healthcare systems. Issues such as the high costs of managing stroke, loss of productivity due to disability, and increased utilization of healthcare resources in addressing the complex needs of stroke patients evidence the burden of the condition (Gorelick, 2019). Nurses play an important role in easing the burden of disease for patients, their significant others and healthcare systems. Consequently, stroke is relevant to their professional practice, as they have to identify efficient and effective interventions needed to lower the disease burden and improve the quality of health and lives of the affected populations.

Influence of Leadership and Change Management Strategies on the Development of Proposed Intervention

As noted, the proposed intervention entails the use of telehealth to enhance care coordination for the patient with stroke. Leadership and change management strategies had an influence on the development of the proposed intervention. Leadership in nursing entails influencing others to act in ways that contribute to the realization of the desired outcomes. Nurses influence others using interventions such as active participation, open communication, and modeling the desired behaviors (Berra et al., 2019). The use of effective leadership approaches contribute to change management in managing health problems including stroke. Therefore, I used the concepts of leadership such as innovation to propose the use of telehealth to enhance the quality, safety and efficiency of care given to the patient (Carrigan & Livesay, 2018). I also utilized the concepts of change management such as open communication and active stakeholder participation to propose the use of telehealth, as it will increase the engagement of those involved and ownership of the care process by the patient and healthcare providers.