What is death? Death is the cessation of biological functions. That cessation actually means that the body can no longer produce change, in the form of cell division and multiplication, gas exchange and many other aspects. Life in essence is about change and stagnation is ultimately death. If a company and the leadership of that company remain stagnate, death will occur. It is essential that a leader looks and anticipates possible change, but also promotes and facilitates change within their company. Evidence based nursing is about change. Can you image if we still failed to realize the importance of universal precautions? We have increased the life expectancy of our population, treated diseases and cured illness because of these changes.
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I have been in the nursing field my entire life and have experienced many changes. I have been with my company approximately eight months and change is occurring very frequently, because of the many broken systems and the stagnate environment. One area that needed dramatic change was in the area of wounds and wound management. The new facility I was in, was acquiring wounds like second job and the star rating was directly reflecting that. I needed to perform a radical change to improve the quality of care for my patients. A second order change occurs when fundamental properties or systems are changed (Huber, 2014). First, I needed to identify and analysis exactly what the problem was, consequently within a short time this became evident to me. Through evaluation and talking to the staff they felt the company only cared about money, and not for the patients. It was this lack of consistency from management, therefor there were no performance evaluations in nearly two years. This brought about a feeling like no one else cared, feeling like no one listened to them and they didn’t make a …show more content…
My rationale was simple: walk the talk and if the staff feel like they are important they will start acting important. In addition, I held meetings explaining why and how to inspect, prevent and heal. I inspected what I expected and before long, I did not have to do one on one education and the wounds dramatically declined. Granted the decrease in wounds and early identification did show me progress, but I wanted to be sure I was on the right track and did an in house staff satisfaction survey to evaluate if I was responding to the staff’s needs. By focusing my energy on what is required to create a healthcare atmosphere that encompasses compassion and excellence, in this case inspiring and showing a genuine concern for my staff, I was able to start my journey to excellence in quality care for the patients (McSherry, Pearce, Grimwood, & McSherry,
I have been in the nursing field my entire life and have experienced many changes. I have been with my company approximately eight months and change is occurring very frequently, because of the many broken systems and the stagnate environment. One area that needed dramatic change was in the area of wounds and wound management. The new facility I was in, was acquiring wounds like second job and the star rating was directly reflecting that. I needed to perform a radical change to improve the quality of care for my patients. A second order change occurs when fundamental properties or systems are changed (Huber, 2014). First, I needed to identify and analysis exactly what the problem was, consequently within a short time this became evident to me. Through evaluation and talking to the staff they felt the company only cared about money, and not for the patients. It was this lack of consistency from management, therefor there were no performance evaluations in nearly two years. This brought about a feeling like no one else cared, feeling like no one listened to them and they didn’t make a …show more content…
My rationale was simple: walk the talk and if the staff feel like they are important they will start acting important. In addition, I held meetings explaining why and how to inspect, prevent and heal. I inspected what I expected and before long, I did not have to do one on one education and the wounds dramatically declined. Granted the decrease in wounds and early identification did show me progress, but I wanted to be sure I was on the right track and did an in house staff satisfaction survey to evaluate if I was responding to the staff’s needs. By focusing my energy on what is required to create a healthcare atmosphere that encompasses compassion and excellence, in this case inspiring and showing a genuine concern for my staff, I was able to start my journey to excellence in quality care for the patients (McSherry, Pearce, Grimwood, & McSherry,