NURS 6201 Week 9 Communication Plan Example

Course	NURS 6201 Leadership in Nursing and Healthcare
Week	Week 9
Paper type	Communication plan
Length	About 520 words, 4 pages
Format	APA 7 student paper
School	Walden University
Program	Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)
Updated	October 2026

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Communication Plan for Team Nursing, Written for Night Shift First

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College of Nursing, Walden University

NURS 6201: Leadership in Nursing and Healthcare

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What this page is doingNight shift heard about the change secondhand. The plan starts with them and makes sure their answers travel back.

Communication Plan for Team Nursing, Written for Night Shift First

Audience

Night staff on our composite medical-surgical unit work with fewer resources and less contact with management than day staff. Most are experienced nurses who have seen changes announced during day hours and learned about them from a memo or from colleagues. This time, they heard about team nursing secondhand before I told them. Employees facing change are uncertain above all about how it will affect their own work, and they tend to look to their immediate supervisor for answers on those questions (Allen et al., 2007). For night staff, that supervisor has been largely absent. This plan corrects that.

The Message

Delivered by me in person at the 1900 huddle, in under two minutes:

"I want to start by saying you should have heard this from me first, and you didn't. That's on me. Here is what is happening. Starting on the east hallway on the third of next month, we are moving to team nursing, with a registered nurse leading each team with a practical nurse and an assistant. That means the way most of you have worked for years, knowing your patients from start to finish, is going to change, and I know that is a real loss. I argued upstairs for a slower start and I didn't get it, so I am going to make this pilot as safe and as fair as I can. For the first two weeks of the pilot I will be here on nights from 1900 to 2300. And I have one question for you tonight: what will go wrong on nights that day shift won't see?"

What this page is doingThe script names the loss, gives the pilot dates, admits the manager's own disagreement and ends on one direct question.

Channels and Timing

Table 1

Follow-Up Communication by Channel

Channel	Content	Timing	Who
Night huddle, in person	The message above; collect answers to the question	Week 1, two nights	Nurse manager
Manager on nights	Available for questions; observe pilot teams	Pilot weeks 1 and 2, 1900 to 2300	Nurse manager
Question board in the break room	Every question and its written answer	From week 1, updated twice weekly	Nurse manager
One-page handout	Team roles, delegation basics, whom to call	Week 2	Unit educator
Night representative on the pilot group	Carries night concerns into biweekly pilot reviews	From week 3	Senior night nurse
Email summary	Decisions made in pilot reviews	After each review	Nurse manager

How Questions Get Answered

Every question raised on nights will be written on the break-room board and answered in writing within four days, on the same board, so both shifts can read it. Questions I cannot answer will say so, with the date I expect to know. Answers that change the pilot will be marked as changes. Managers leading planned change often put more effort into sending information than into asking for input (Lewis, 1999), and the board is designed to reverse that: night staff's answers to my question reach the pilot group before day shift is briefed again. The ending of their old way of working deserves to be acknowledged, not just announced (Bridges & Bridges, 2017), and a written reply to each concern is one way to acknowledge it.

References

Allen, J., Jimmieson, N. L., Bordia, P., & Irmer, B. E. (2007). Uncertainty during organizational change: Managing perceptions through communication. Journal of Change Management, 7(2), 187-210. https://doi.org/10.1080/14697010701563379

Bridges, W., & Bridges, S. (2017). Managing transitions: Making the most of change (4th ed.). Da Capo Lifelong Books.

Lewis, L. K. (1999). Disseminating information and soliciting input during planned organizational change: Implementers' targets, sources, and channels for communicating. Management Communication Quarterly, 13(1), 43-75. https://doi.org/10.1177/0893318999131002

NURS 6201 Week 9 instructions, in plain terms

In Week 9, NURS 6201 asks how the change will be told, and to whom first. You define audiences, write the key message itself, choose channels and timing and plan how questions will be answered. Faculty give most credit to the written message, so describing key messages without writing one falls short. Cite communication research in APA 7. Starting with a neglected audience, such as night shift, shows judgment. Whether a manager admits disagreeing with the change is a choice the plan should justify. A question-answer loop shows two-way communication. NURS 6201 faculty want the message written in full, channels listed with timing and the question process defined. Start with the audience most likely to be missed. Include how leaders will be visible at night.

How this NURS 6201 Week 9 example is built

The document has four parts, with the message at its center. A short audience section describes night staff: fewer resources, more experienced nurses, less contact with management, and a history of changes announced during day hours. The message follows in full, a spoken script of under two minutes that names the loss, states the pilot dates, admits the manager argued for a slower start, and puts one direct question to the room. A channel table lists every follow-up by medium and time, including the manager present on nights for the first two weeks. The last part defines how questions are answered: in writing, within a stated number of days, on a board both shifts can read.

Where the marks sit in the NURS 6201 Week 9 rubric

The message itself carries most of the credit in a communication week, and a submission describing key messages without ever writing one has delivered a table of contents. Application follows audience analysis closely, so a plan that treats the whole unit as one audience forfeits the point of the assignment. Tone is marked in many rubrics: a script selling the change as exciting to a skeptical night shift reads as deaf to its listeners. A named standard or framework is expected, and the healthy work environment standards supply nursing-specific grounding that a general communication model lacks. Feasibility carries weight too, since a manager promising to attend every night huddle for months is not believable. Channel tables without dates lose the small presentation share.

NURS 6201 Week 9 help from the desk

Communication plans lose credit when they list key messages without writing one. Write the words. Another common gap is a plan built for day shift. Start with nights. Writers also skip how questions get answered. Set a log and a response time. Avoid memo-only plans. Show up in person. Justify whether to admit disagreement. Close with the first night huddle date. Writers also forget to repeat the message through several channels, since one meeting reaches only some staff. Plan repeats. Another frequent slip is ignoring float and agency staff. Include them. Check that answers are posted where night staff will see them.

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Share the assignment prompt, the rubric and the audience your section specifies, and a plan with its message written in full arrives back with you. The first custom sample is free, delivered inside 24 to 48 hours. The night shift here is a composite; no staff memo, email or meeting note from your workplace plays any part in it.

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NURS 6201 Week 9 questions, answered

Does the plan need the full text of the message?

Usually, yes. The prompt usually asks what would be said, not only how it would be distributed, and the sample writes the huddle script in full for that reason. A plan listing key points leaves the grader guessing at tone and order, which are exactly what a communication week is trying to assess.

Why address the night shift first?

Because in the scenario they learned about the change secondhand, and resistance on nights is the risk the plan exists to manage. A message designed for the whole unit would repeat the original mistake. If your prompt names a different audience, the same logic applies: identify who heard least, or heard last, and write to them first.

Should the manager admit disagreeing with the change?

The sample has her say it once, briefly, and then state that she is carrying the decision. That choice follows from the first week's thread and from the emphasis skilled communication places on honesty. Some readers would argue it invites resistance. Either way, the plan has to show the disclosure was deliberate, with its risk acknowledged.

Where can I find a free NURS 6201 Week 9 sample paper?

The night-shift-first communication plan is reproduced here with the audience, the full message, channels and timing and the question log.

How are night shift questions answered in NURS 6201 Week 9?

Through a log reviewed weekly, with answers posted within 48 hours, after the manager first attends a night huddle in person.