Stakeholders are most important in a project because they are people, leaders, or organizations who invest in the program and express interest in the implementation and evaluation of the results of the program (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012). Stakeholders also play a critical role in a good program evaluation that determines what needs improvement and the impact various programs create on communities, target populations, or individuals. Three strategies I intend to use to connect with different stakeholders to gather information are identifying the key stakeholders first, creating a plan for stakeholder involvement, and identifying their key role in the project (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012).
Identifying the key stakeholder is the first step because they may help or hinder the program evaluation, and they may support the evaluation and act on the results. In addition, they also ensure the proper evaluation questions are established, and the evaluation results impact future research and other programs. The research I have done for my project and throughout my practicum experience, I have already identified the stakeholders involved in a Code Lavender program. Phoenix Children’s Hospital had all stakeholders I would want to be involved with (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012).
Creating a plan for the stakeholder and what they will be involved in (key role) are other strategies I will be using to create a committee. After identifying the stakeholders, one of the goals of my project was to form a committee that will manage Code Lavender, for example. This involved chaplains, social workers, case managers, employee assistance programs, and other healing services departments within a healthcare organization (Stone, 2018). Each of the stakeholders would have a role of their own, such as chaplains providing spiritual support, board-certified holistic nurses who coordinate healing services and reports to spiritual care, and spiritual and healing departments reporting to the Chief Nursing Officer (Stone, 2018).
References
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2012, May 11). Step 1: Engage stakeholders. Program Performance and Evaluation Office (PPEO). Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/eval/guide/step1/index.htm.
Stone, R. S. B. (2018). Code lavender: A tool for staff support. Nursing, 48(4), 15–17. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.nurse.0000531022.93707….
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