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Improvement Plan In-Service Presentation Guide

Part 5 asks how you would collect feedback and use it. Most decks end with 'any questions?', which is not a feedback mechanism.

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Last reviewed · August 16, 2026

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Five parts, and the feedback part is the one asked about

This assessment builds on your own earlier improvement plan, so the in-service has a specific job: not to teach medication safety in general but to equip this audience to carry out that plan. That distinction should be visible on the first slide. The audience is staff nurses, which sets the register — they know the clinical content and need the change, the reason, and their part in it. Speaker's notes are required and they are marked, so write what you would actually say rather than expanding the bullet points; a note that repeats the slide tells an assessor you did not think about delivery. Eight to fourteen slides across five parts leaves roughly two or three slides each, which forces the discipline the assignment is really teaching: an in-service is a working session, not a lecture, and the interactive element belongs on the timeline rather than at the end if there is time.

Part 5 is the question the discussion asks about, and it needs a mechanism rather than an intention. Soliciting feedback means saying who is asked, when, how, and about what: a one-minute anonymous card at the end asking what will be hardest to do on Monday; a short confidence rating before and after so you can see whether the session moved anything; a follow-up check with the unit council at two weeks; observation of the practice change itself, which is the only feedback that measures transfer rather than satisfaction. Then answer the second half, integration, which is where most answers stop. Feedback that changes nothing is a survey. Say who reviews it, on what cycle, and what would trigger a revision to the plan or a repeat session — and account for the time, because the assignment reminds you to allow for activity and discussion, and a fourteen-slide deck with a five-minute slot for feedback has not.

Likely learning objectives

Inferred from the brief — check these against your own rubric.

  • 01
    Design an in-service around a specific improvement plan rather than a topic.
  • 02
    Write speaker's notes that add delivery rather than repeat slides.
  • 03
    Specify a feedback mechanism with audience, timing and method.
  • 04
    Describe how feedback is integrated, by whom and on what cycle.
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For this assessment, you will develop an 8-14 slide PowerPoint presentation with thorough speaker’s notes designed for a hypothetical in-service session related to the safe medication administration improvement plan you developed in Assessment 2. As a practicing professional, you are likely to present educational in-services or training to staff pertaining to quality improvement (QI) measures of safety improvement interventions. Such in-services and training sessions should be presented in a creative and innovative manner to hold the audience’s attention and promote knowledge acquisition and skill application that changes practice for the better. The teaching sessions may include a presentation, audience participation via simulation or other interactive strategy, audiovisual media, and participant learning evaluation. The use of in-services and/or training sessions has positive implications for nursing practice by increasing staff confidence when providing care to specific patient populations. It also allows for a safe and nonthreatening environment where staff nurses can practice their skills prior to a real patient event. Participation in learning sessions fosters a team approach, collaboration, patient safety, and greater patient satisfaction rates in the health care environment (Patel Wright, 2018). Improvement Plan In-Service Discussion As you prepare to complete the assessment, consider the impact of in-service training on patient outcomes as well as practice outcomes for staff nurses. Be sure to support your thoughts on the effectiveness of educating and training staff to increase the quality of care provided to patients by examining the literature and established best practices. You are encouraged to explore the AONE Nurse Executive Competencies Review activity before you develop the Improvement Plan In-Service Presentation. This activity will help you review your understanding of the AONE Nurse Executive Competencies – especially those related to competencies relevant to developing an effective training session and presentation. This is for your own practice and self-assessment, and demonstrates your engagement in the course. Demonstration of Proficiency By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria: Competency 1: Analyze the elements of a successful quality improvement initiative. Explain the need and process to improve safety outcomes related to medication administration. Create resources or activities to encourage skill development and process understanding related to a safety improvement initiative on medication administration. Competency 4: Explain the nurse’s role in coordinating care to enhance quality and reduce costs. List clearly the purpose and goals of an in-service session focusing on safe medication administration for nurses. Explain audience’s role in and importance of making the improvement plan focusing on medication administration successful. Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly, evidence-based strategies to communicate in a manner that supports safe and effective patient care. Communicate with nurses in a respectful and informative way that clearly presents expectations and solicits feedback on communication strategies for future improvement. Reference Patel, S., Wright, M. (2018). Development of interprofessional simulation in nursing education to improve teamwork and collaboration in maternal child nursing. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, Neonatal Nursing, 47(3), s16-s17. Professional Context As a baccalaureate-prepared nurse, you will often find yourself in a position to lead and educate other nurses. This colleague-to-colleague education can take many forms, from mentoring to informal explanations on best practices to formal in-service training. In-services are an effective way to train a large group. Preparing to run an in-service may be daunting, as the facilitator must develop his or her message around the topic while designing activities to help the target audience learn and practice. By improving understanding and competence around designing and delivering in-service training, a BSN practitioner can demonstrate leadership and prove him- or herself a valuable resource to others. Scenario For this assessment it is suggested you take one of two approaches: Build on the work that you have done in your first two assessments and create an agenda and PowerPoint of an educational in-service session that would help a specific staff audience learn, provide feedback, and understand their roles and practice new skills related to your safety improvement plan pertaining to medication administration, or Locate a safety improvement plan through an external resource and create an agenda and PowerPoint of an educational in-service session that would help a specific staff audience learn, provide feedback, and understand their roles and practice new skills related to the issues and improvement goals pertaining to medication administration safety. Instructions The final deliverable for this assessment will be a PowerPoint presentation with detailed presenter’s notes representing the material you would deliver at ;an in-service session to raise awareness of your chosen safety improvement initiative focusing on medication administration and to explain the need for it. Additionally, you must educate the audience as to their role and importance to the success of the initiative. This includes providing examples and practice opportunities to test out new ideas or practices related to the safety improvement initiative. Improvement Plan In-Service Discussion Be sure that your presentation addresses the following, which corresponds to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Please study the scoring guide carefully so you understand what is needed for a distinguished score. List the purpose and goals of an in-service session focusing on safe medication administration for nurses. Explain the need for and process to improve safety outcomes related to medication administration. Explain to the audience their role and importance of making the improvement plan focusing on medication administration successful. Create resources or activities to encourage skill development and process understanding related to a safety improvement initiative on medication administration. Communicate with nurses in a respectful and informative way that clearly presents expectations and solicits feedback on communication strategies for future improvement. There are various ways to structure an in-service session below is just one example: Part 1: Agenda and Outcomes. Explain to your audience what they are going to learn or do, and what they are expected to take away. Part 2: Safety Improvement Plan. Give an overview of the current problem focusing on medication administration, the proposed plan, and what the improvement plan is trying to address. Explain why it is important for the organization to address the current situation. Part 3: Audience’s Role and Importance. Discuss how the staff audience will be expected to help implement and drive the improvement plan. Explain why they are critical to the success of the improvement plan focusing on medication administration. Describe how their work could benefit from embracing their role in the plan. Part 4: New Process and Skills Practice. Explain new processes or skills. Develop an activity that allows the staff audience to practice and ask questions about these new processes and skills. In the notes section of your PowerPoint, brainstorm potential responses to likely questions or concerns. Part 5: Soliciting Feedback. Describe how you would solicit feedback from the audience on the improvement plan and the in-service. Explain how you might integrate this feedback for future improvements. Remember to account for activity and discussion time. Improvement Plan In-Service Discussion
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Turn the brief into deliverables

  1. 01
    8-14 slides with thorough speaker's notes.
  2. 02
    The purpose and goals of the session.
  3. 03
    The evidence and rationale for the improvement plan.
  4. 04
    An interactive activity with time allocated.
  5. 05
    A feedback mechanism with who, when, how and about what.
  6. 06
    An integration plan naming reviewers and triggers.
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Purpose, evidence, activity, then feedback and integration

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Purpose and what changes on Monday

State the plan and what staff will do differently.

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Why: the evidence and the local data

Give the rationale from evidence and from your own setting.

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The change, step by step

Walk staff through the new process.

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Interactive activity

Design a practice or simulation element with time allocated.

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Soliciting feedback

Specify who, when, how and about what.

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Integrating feedback

Say who reviews it and what triggers a change.

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Evidence for in-service design, not just for the topic

Recommended databases

  • AHRQ Patient Safety Network
  • NCBI Bookshelf
  • PubMed Central
  • Your own Assessment 2 plan

Search sequence

  1. 1.
    Reread your own improvement plan; the in-service has to serve it.
  2. 2.
    Search for in-service and staff education effectiveness evidence.
  3. 3.
    Look for evaluation levels that distinguish satisfaction from behaviour change.
  4. 4.
    Find local data from your own unit if you can use it.
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Reference shortlist

These are authoritative starting points, not a ready-made bibliography. A qualified reviewer must confirm that each source fits the assignment and supports the claim beside which it is cited.

Nothing here is cleared for citation until you have read it.

  1. 01

    TEACHING & LEARNING

    Nursing Advanced Skills, Open RN, NCBI Bookshelf · 2024

    Teaching and learning design, including evaluating whether learning transferred.

  2. 02

    Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events

    AHRQ Patient Safety Network · 2024

    The evidence base your improvement plan rests on.

  3. 03

    Section 4: Ways To Approach the Quality Improvement Process

    Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality · 2024

    The improvement cycle feedback should feed back into.

  4. 04

    Continuous Quality Improvement

    StatPearls, NCBI Bookshelf · 2023

    Continuous improvement, for the integration half of Part 5.

  5. 05

    Interactive Evidence-Based Pressure Injury Education Program for Hospice Nursing: A Quality Improvement Project

    Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing · 2022

    An education intervention evaluated as a quality improvement project.

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Review before submission

Common mistakes

  • Teaching the clinical topic instead of the improvement plan.
  • Writing speaker's notes that restate the slide text.
  • Offering 'questions at the end' as the feedback mechanism.
  • Leaving no time for the activity and discussion the assignment requires.

Submission checklist

  • Is the session about your own improvement plan?
  • Do the speaker's notes say what you would actually say?
  • Does the feedback mechanism specify timing and method?
  • Is there a stated trigger for revising the plan?

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