Nurse 514 Describe an organizational change model that can be used in a dynamic health care environment. Based on this model, how is organizational change is managed? What role do stakeholders play during organizational change?

Nurse 514 Describe an organizational change model that can be used in a dynamic health care environment. Based on this model, how is organizational change is managed? What role do stakeholders play during organizational change?

Nurse 514 Describe an organizational change model that can be used in a dynamic health care environment. Based on this model, how is organizational change is managed? What role do stakeholders play during organizational change?

Topic 3 DQ1

Organizations, including those in healthcare, require changes to enhance their abilities and capacities to offer improved and better quality care. Change comes with challenges, especially the level of acceptance and readiness among stakeholders like employees and the management. As such, implementing change in any setting require application of appropriate and effective change models like Lewin’s three-stage change theory or framework (Mahmood, 2018). According to Kurt Lewin’s model, stakeholders should implement change by considering two aspects; the organizational environment’s change process and challenging the status quo to attain effective transformation. The model advances that group conduct and readiness for change impact individual perspective on change. As such, leaders in an organization can implement change by focusing the individual conduct as a reflection of the group perception and readiness for change.

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The model comprises of unfreezing, implementing change, and refreezing. Through unfreezing, the organization’s management informs stakeholders, especially employees, on the need for change and secure their acceptance or a buy-in using better ways to engage them. The second stage is the implementation of the changes through sharing of knowledge and support from the leaders (Nilsen et al., 2020). The third stage is the refreezing stage where changes become part of the organizational culture and way of doing things. This occurs through sustained application and corrective measures to attain the best outcomes or results. The model is categorical that organizational changes needs participation and understanding of all stakeholders, especially leaders and their leadership style.

The change model is emphatic that stakeholders like nurses play a critical role as change agents and patient advocates as they are committed to improving processes and attainment of better outcomes. Stakeholders like nurses and other providers as well as patients and their families champion change and invent strategies to help their organizations implement new ways of doing things in care practice (Stobierski, 2020). Again, they ensure that there is effective communication to all individuals and communities impacted by changes in their practice environment.

References

Mahmood, T. (2018). What models of change can be used to implement change in post-graduate

medical education? Advances in Medical Education and Practice, 175-178.

DOI: 10.2147/AMEP.S160626

Nilsen, P., Seing, I., Ericsson, C., Birken, S. A., & Schildmeijer, K. (2020). Characteristics of

successful changes in health care organizations: an interview study with physicians, registered nurses and assistant nurses. BMC health services research, 20(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-4999-8

Stobierski, T. (2020 January 21). Organizational Change Management: What It Is & Why It’s

            Important. https://online.hbs.edu/blog/post/organizational-change-management

Describe an organizational change model that can be used in a dynamic health care environment. Based on this model, how is organizational change is managed? What role do stakeholders play during organizational change?