Implementing Change In Nursing

For a long time, nurses were unable to quickly disseminate patient information about previous episodes of care easily, and were unable to have all patients’ information at a click of a button. Not to mention that the provider’s orders were not legible and/or unclear, and that lead to related misinterpreted orders. Nurse’s staff will no longer have to waste time talking to the multidisciplinary team members about the patient’s status. But now, new technology has made this impossible takes possible. I will provide and explore the need for implementing a change in the nursing homes facilities from paper documentation to digital charting throughout the paper. Also, I will explore the solution and propose for implementing the change. The nursing …show more content…
2013).). The author states that the theory it encompasses three stages: unfreezing, moving, and refreezing. The first stage of Lewin’s theory of change is unfreezing which it states that there’s a need for change and the person must be prepare for the change and also recognizing that with change theirs driving forces and resists. The organization must educate staff about the change and to motive them regarding the change, moreover; some may be resist to the change feeling stress and anxiety during this transition. The organization must adhere to the change so that staff moves to the second stage effectively of Lewin theory of change (Payne, S. 2013). Secondly, the moving stage of Lewin theory of change. This stage is where the organization highlights the positive points about the program for this change, and the benefits that it will have on each of the nursing home units. Also, the organization informs staff that it is critical to patient care, better outcomes and will assist in giving the patients continuity of care while being cared for at the facility. These highlights will hopefully help the staff transition to the third stage of Lewin theory of change (Payne, S. …show more content…
The change is implemented into the organizations day to day operation on each unit. All nursing staff must implement the change and if any issues arise the organizations must evaluate so that the staff will not revert back to their previous which is the way that they use to before the change. The organization can maintain this change by supporting the staff and rewarding them with a prize for utilizing the change appropriately, effectively and on a daily bases, so that staff are not lost to the change because of inability to keep up the pace (Reed, J.