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Prioritizing Practice Improvement Options in Dementia Care. Encouraging Diverse perspectives. Eleanor S. McConnell, PhD, RN, GCNS-BC Geriatric Grand Challenge Institute June 13, 2013. So many ideas…so little time!!!!. What is the Biggest barrier to putting ideas into action?.
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Prioritizing Practice Improvement Options in Dementia Care Encouraging Diverse perspectives Eleanor S. McConnell, PhD, RN, GCNS-BC Geriatric Grand Challenge Institute June 13, 2013
How do you HARNESS time? • BUILD A TEAM • SELECT PROJECTS STRATEGICALLY: • CONSIDER WHERE AND HOW YOU MAY HAVE THE MOST IMPACT • CONSIDER WHAT PROCESSES WILL SUPPORT OR IMPEDE YOUR EFFORTS • Sometimes called an “effort/yield” analysis
6 Thinking hats Exercise – Basic IDEA • Strategy: • Select an idea • Take it out for a “ test drive” • Consider the idea from all angles • Based on those considerations: • Modify • Abandon • Move forward!
Elevator Speeches • What? Describe and sell an idea in the time it takes to get from the ground floor to the top floor of an office building • Why? “Investors” (stakeholders) are busy, often flooded with good ideas – you need yours to stand out – quickly! • How?: Prepare using the following ideas • 1. Who am I? • 2. What do I offer? • 3. What problem is solved? • 4. What are the main contributions I can make? • 5. What should the listener do as a result of hearing this? Source: Pepperdine University School of Business:http://bschool.pepperdine.edu/career/content/elevatorspeech.pdf
Finding support for implementing your dementia care ideas • Option 1: Call Michelle! • She will connect you with faculty mentors • Option 2: Attend webinars • We will adjust topics to those of most interest or help to you • Option 3: Work through the new groups function on our website • Option 4: All of the above!
Website Group function Click on Connect and you’ll be taken to the Groups Section of the site
What is a Grand Challenge? See you in Sept! Focused -- > Interprofessional –> Solution-Driven!!!
Questions???Ideas???? • Call Michelle! 919-668-2347 or m.mitchell@duke.edu • Attend our webinars • Visit our website http://coegne.nursing.duke.edu/