Identify care standards, practice guidelines, or protocols that may be in place to support your intervention planning (These may come from your organization or the other sources listed in your Summary section in Star Point 2).

The 2003 Centers for Disease Control Guidelines for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia and the 2004 CDC Guidelines for the Management of Adults With Hospital-Acquired, Ventilator-Associated, and Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia give recommendations and guidelines that should be followed by healthcare providers to prevent, reduce and manage Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia.

List your stakeholders (by title and not names; include yourself) and describe their roles and responsibilities in the change process (no more than 5).

Management: development of practice guideline, care protocols, and policies to promote quality, safety and effectiveness in patient care. It also plans for seminars, conferences, and training for staff on basic standard operating procedures ACE Star Model Of Knowledge Transformation: EBP Change Process.

Physicians: directly involved in patient care by recommending ways and procedures to improve patient outcomes

Critical Care Nurses: directly involved in patient care by recommending ways and procedures to improve patient outcomes, coordinate patient care, administer medications and nurse patients.

Patients: Collaborate with all healthcare providers by providing relevant medical information that can be used in decision making at the point of care.

What specifically is your nursing role in the change process? Other nursing roles?

Nurses are first-line communication managers who ensure coordination of care with families and other healthcare providers for all patients in the ICU. They administer medications, monitor the patient for potential adverse effects and institute appropriate intervention measures where necessary to safeguard patients from harm.