Introduction When implementing change, it is essential to understand it does not stop after the trial and it is adopted, it needs to be monitor well after to see if the nurses are actually using it like they should be and receiving the results they should be. Change needs to be monitored when it is introduced to practice because we need to know if the nurses are actually using the new intervention as well as using it correctly. Everyone needs to work together to make sure change is sustained or it will fail.
Challenges which Impede Efforts to Sustain Change
According to Virani, Lemieux-Charles, Davis, and Berta (2009), “Despite their rigorous evidence-based underpinnings and the demonstrated benefits of these advances, the sustainability …show more content…
The nurses on the floor being affected play an important role because they help monitor the implementation. The nurses are the ones who would use the spirituality assessment on the patients. To ensure the spirituality assessments are being used, we would have to continuously monitor the charting system, to see if the nurses are using the assessment it would be charted. With the assessment being charted we would be able to look at the affect it is having on the patient as well. It would be important for nursing managers to continuously communicate with the nurses to use the assessment and monitor if they are doing so as well. When implementing change, it is important to use of the nurses to help the change stay current on the floor. The nurse manager needs to monitor the nurses and make sure they are helping the …show more content…
It is a complex topic and it is important they are trained how to address the topic to keep the patient open-minded about the assessment being included in their treatment plan. I would make sure all barriers are being addressed such as the ethical dilemmas and the nurses being close minded to the idea of focusing on spirituality as a crucial part of their treatment plan. It is essential these are all addressed and continue to be an addressed as long as it is in practice. Change needs to be monitored because these continue to change.
Conclusion
When initiating change all stakeholders need to work together to help make sure the change is sustained in practice. Sustaining change is the goal of integrating change into practice, introducing the change is just the first step, but there is a continuous step which is the most essential if it is to be sustained. Change needs to be sustained in practice or there is no point in trying to implement the
Challenges which Impede Efforts to Sustain Change
According to Virani, Lemieux-Charles, Davis, and Berta (2009), “Despite their rigorous evidence-based underpinnings and the demonstrated benefits of these advances, the sustainability …show more content…
The nurses on the floor being affected play an important role because they help monitor the implementation. The nurses are the ones who would use the spirituality assessment on the patients. To ensure the spirituality assessments are being used, we would have to continuously monitor the charting system, to see if the nurses are using the assessment it would be charted. With the assessment being charted we would be able to look at the affect it is having on the patient as well. It would be important for nursing managers to continuously communicate with the nurses to use the assessment and monitor if they are doing so as well. When implementing change, it is important to use of the nurses to help the change stay current on the floor. The nurse manager needs to monitor the nurses and make sure they are helping the …show more content…
It is a complex topic and it is important they are trained how to address the topic to keep the patient open-minded about the assessment being included in their treatment plan. I would make sure all barriers are being addressed such as the ethical dilemmas and the nurses being close minded to the idea of focusing on spirituality as a crucial part of their treatment plan. It is essential these are all addressed and continue to be an addressed as long as it is in practice. Change needs to be monitored because these continue to change.
Conclusion
When initiating change all stakeholders need to work together to help make sure the change is sustained in practice. Sustaining change is the goal of integrating change into practice, introducing the change is just the first step, but there is a continuous step which is the most essential if it is to be sustained. Change needs to be sustained in practice or there is no point in trying to implement the