Lewin’s change theory and the problem of addressing nursing shortages using technology

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04/27/2009

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Table of Contents Lewin’s change theory and the problem of addressing nursing shortages using technology Table of Contents

 
  1. Introduction
  2. Lewin's theory
  3. Identifying problems in cultural change in nursing
  4. The Force Field Method
  5. Problems and applications
  6. Stages in cultural transformation
  7. Team aspects and the individual in change theory process
  8. What of technologies usefulness
  9. Outcomes and reflections
  10. References

Abstract

Introduction - nursing shortages are a world-wide problem that negatively impact many areas of the profession's goals, from level of job satisfaction to patient care, with an inverse proportional relationship between higher patient-nurse ratios, noted in much research. (Al-Kandari and Thomas, 2008; Newbold, 2008) This week the Canadian government just announced a freeze on expected hiring of nine thousand new nurses. What possible solutions are there to the erosion of job satisfaction and patient care outcomes in the institutional setting of our hospitals? What organizational change theory could help point the way towards finding solutions that will fit the current nursing culture, which may be resistant to the realization that some form of key, perhaps fundamental change is going to be required, given the climate of neo-liberalism, for-profit models in hospitals, and the approaching recession. This paper will propose that in times of change or transformation where rationalization is a key motivating force of organizations which are based in top-down management practices, which is the case in hospitals today, that there may be positive ways to improve nurse's satisfaction and patient care through the implementation of technology solutions.

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