Change Management in Nursing Practice

Change Management in Nursing Practice
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Change Management in Nursing Practice
The patient-centered care approach is rapidly being transformed and moved from professional centered to the inclusion of the patient and family. Patients are allowed to express themselves and allowed to question the healthcare professionals of any decision or treatment plan that directly affects them. Evidence-based practice in nursing care requires that the patient should have access to essential health data. The patients and partners are considered as partners in the entire treatment process from prognosis to treatments and follow-ups. Lewin's Change Management Model is critical in effecting this practice change. The model provides a useful framework for proactive nursing practice and evidence-based research approaches. The approaches are crucial in the delivery of concrete nursing care solutions and better patient outcomes.
Lewin's Change Management Model is divided into three phases, which are unfreezing, changing, and refreezing. It involves doing away with old ways of doing things, then embracing new ideas. Once the adoption of concepts has taken place, they are strengthened for sustained change. In a scenario where nurses ...