Nurse Led Change and Development in Clinical PracticeISBN: 978-1-86156-337-8
Paperback
302 pages
December 2002
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How may nurses be enabled to contribute to, develop and advance
their practice when working in bureaucratic and hierarchical health
care settings? Corporate recognition and support for nurse-led
change and development is gradually increasing. However, ?top down?
change is still frequently imposed without due regard for the
wisdom of practitioners. Nurses should explore the theory and
practice of change, identify changes to enhance the quality of
patient care, and systematically put these into practice. As a
result, they will be better equipped to cope with the
implementation of national and local policy initiatives, which
include shared clinical governance and evidence based nursing
practice, both of which are described in this text.This book
documents how nurses attempt to undertake change and development in
clinical practice through the use of the exploratory, creative,
innovative and empowering process of critical action research. The
text illustrates the evolution and outcome of the change process.
The personal developmental process of engaging in collaborative
change in clinical practice is clearly evident. Change is very
difficult and complex and if it is to be accomplished successfully
it needs to be clearly understood. Consequently, the book also
explores the complexity of attempting change in clinical practice.
This includes the identification of some of the disempowering
processes (both actual and imagined) that currently exist in health
care settings.