Change Process In Nursing
SCENARIO:
You are a Nurse Manager of a health care facility. You are advised to cut cost by not hiring new nurses. How would you encourage the nurses you currently have to work smarter to provide safe and efficient patient care without feeling burnt out?
PLEASE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING IN THE ESSAY:
1. Identify need for the change or enhancement, including driving forces such as:
a) Regulatory agencies
b) Benchmarking
c) Patient satisfaction (Press Ganey or HCAHPS)
d) Joint Commission standards e.g. safety issues
2. Describe and apply a Management theory AND A Leadership style you would use to bring about this change, please provide examples.
3. Analyze the role of the Professional Nurse as a change agent in motivation, morale building, need satisfaction and job enrichment. Please provide examples.
4. Identify the specific motivation theory and rationale for the use of that theory. Please provide examples.
5. Please use research literature to support the proposed change process in professional nursing practice, use articles from nursing journals such as ANA, etc.
PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS CLOSELY. THERE IS NO LIMIT TO SOURCES. PLEASE USE AS MANY AS NECESSARY TO GET PAPER DONE.
