Scenario: As you continue in your career, you may find that attending professional conferences, in-person or virtually, may be beneficial to your professional development. In this scenario, you will be presenting a poster and abstract at a professional conference to share your knowledge, skills, and expertise on a specific healthcare subject matter. The topic SELECTED IS BELOW.
Please note that you can only use free programs to create your poster and the abstract must be provided in Microsoft Word.
Assignment Requirements: Submit Your Poster and Your Abstract as 2 Documents
1. Poster Requirements: Present Your Poster Using a Microsoft Office Product- PowerPoint (5 pages)
A. Poster Title: Your poster should include the title that you are presenting, be brief, but long enough that the audience can understand the topic.
B. Visuals: Create at least one illustration, graphic, graph, table, or other image for your poster. Do NOT use any images that are not your own creation. Unlicensed Clip Art may be used as a supplement only, if desired.
C. Appropriate Headers: Each area on the poster must include appropriate headers or titles for the information contained with the section.
D. Text: Blocks of text should be brief but informative. Expand on: a) why the information you are presenting is important, b) background and evaluation of topic, c) what you learned, and d) focus on the key items that you researched for your selected topic.
E. References: four references with correlating in-text citations are required. Supporting external evidence will need to be presented using APA 7th Edition formatting.

2. Abstract Requirements: Present Your Abstract in a Word Document
A. Your abstract should be 2 pages, formatted in APA 7th Edition using Microsoft Word.
B. Text: The abstract should highlight ALL the major points of your poster, explain: a) why the information you are presenting is important, b) background and evaluation of topic, c) what you learned, and d) focus on the key items that you researched for your selected topic.
C. References: Include any references from your poster in your abstract. Ensure that all references and in-text citations are formatted in APA 7th Edition formatting. You are not required to include all your references from the poster unless they are needed to present the information within your abstract.

Topic selected/Guide

Poster Title: Using Lewin’s change management approach to the implementation of Bar-Coded Medication Administration (BCMA) at a skilled nursing facility to reduce medication error
Healthcare Setting: Skilled Nursing Facility
Population of Focus: Nurses and patients at the facility
Tool/Method/Approaches: Lewin’s three step approach
At Least One Idea for Your Graph/Illustration/Image that You will Create: Lewin’s approach and force field analysis images.
Provide a summary of your ideas that you may present: (Be sure to offer any additional details about your selected option below for your professor’s review. You can always change the details, as the summary should provide an overview of your ideas, so the professor can understand your approach and offer any recommendations or support.)

First, I will use Forced field analysis to identify both the driving and restraining forces that may impede the change. Then, I will apply Lewin’s three step approach to change management as a guide in the process of implementing bar-coded medication administration in the senior living facility to ensure safety and improved patient management. I will also use key Performance indicators (KPI) to track and assess outcome of the change.

More Details

First Document

A. Poster Requirements- Use Power point

1.Poster Title: Using Lewin’s change management approach to the implementation of Bar-Coded Medication Administration (BCMA) at a skilled nursing facility to reduce medication error.
– Brief introduction of medication safety and the importance of Bar-coding to avoid medication error in the nursing facility

2. Visuals- illustration or image of forced field analysis; lewin’s 3 step theory; and Key performance indicators (KPI)

Note: Forced field analysis is a graphical technique/tool that shows the strengths of various forces for and against the proposed change before it is implemented.
Example of forced field analysis for this topic:
Driving forces- Increase in medication errors, increase in mortality due to medication error, increase in law suits etc
Restraining forces- Increased workload, fear of accountability, fear of new technology etc

– Lewin;s – explain what happens at the unfreezing, moving/changing, and refreezing stages while implementing the BCMA

-Use of KPI to know if the target of reducing medication error was met or not

3.Appropriate header e.g Change management
4. Text – Brief and informative on the information you are presenting
5. References- 4 references from the last 5 years