NUR 3561 – Deliverable 7 – Assess, Diagnose, Prioritize and Propose Relevancy of Innovation

The proposed innovation is relevant to the healthcare organization as it focuses on the demonstration of institutional commitment to patient care quality improvement. The proposed change through the MRP identifies the ways that aim to epitomize nursing excellence (Friese et al., 2015). By focusing on the needs of the hospital, the proposed innovation is essential in reducing medical errors that enhance patient safety and satisfaction. The recommended innovative practice of adopting the MRP is also critical for identifying healthcare facilities through a nursing commitment to improving quality, mainly through nursing care delivery and having the required expertise and number of professionals to achieve the set goals of the organization.

Risks and Benefits Implementing the Innovation

The risks associated with the implementation of the innovation include high costs incurred in increasing the number of registered nurses and improving healthcare facilities. The recruitment and retention of nursing staff involve high consumption of funds, especially in meeting the needs of the nursing staff through salaries and wages. The recruitment and selection of new nursing staff also include expenditures such as paying the recruiting team. Another risk of implementing the innovation is that it involves redesigning and making changes that are vulnerable to resistance from the existing staff, which may affect the outcome of healthcare. The benefits of implementing the proposed innovation include improving patient care outcomes and creating a culture of nursing excellence (Arthurs et al., 2017). When nursing staff are satisfied, they are empowered and motivated to improve the quality of patient care.

Barriers and Facilitators of Implementation of the Proposed Innovation

The facilitators of implementing the new proposed innovation include administrative support and the presence of knowledgeable mentors. Having full support from the top management and leaders, as well as mentors of change, makes the implementation process easy. The most common barriers to the implementation of the MRP innovative practice are difficulty in changing practice and lack of insufficient time for research and implementing new ideas. Most nursing staff hold the status quo, which may be a barrier to making further changes to the organization. Also, the implementation process may lack enough time to conduct evidence-based research needed for enhancing the application of the new innovative practice.

Strategies to Support Sustainability

The organization aims to improve the number of staff and reduce medical errors, which would help in maintaining the sustainability of the organization’s innovation. The organization should also conduct a periodical monitoring of the innovation practice as well as do research on methods that could improve its performance within the organization in the future. These strategies are aimed at maintaining the sustainability of the innovation in the future.