[Solved] Week 5 discussion

Assignment Prompt & Instructions

Review the scenario and address the questions below.
You are a nurse practitioner employed in a busy primary care office with responsibilities for managing the office staff, including the medical assistants who aid in client care as well as filing, answering calls from clients, processing laboratory results, and taking prescription renewal requests from clients and pharmacies. The office is part of a larger hospital system. One of the medical assistants has worked in the practice for 10 years and is very proficient at her job. She knows almost every client in the practice and has an excellent rapport with all the providers.
**Include the following sections**:
1. **Application of Course Knowledge**:  Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.
– Based on the situation above, what are the ethical and legal implications for the practice at the micro-, meso-, and macro-level of the system?
– What changes do you recommend to prevent further episodes of the problem behavior? What coaching and feedback skills can be used to discuss the event with the medical assistant?
– Which change model would you use to implement the identified change and why: Lewin’s Theory of Planned Change, Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA), or Kotter’s 8-Step Process for Leading Change?
– Identify and discuss one barrier to implementing the change process. Identify and discuss one factor that facilitated the change process.