Topic 6: Dealing with Change Dynamics
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Topic 6: Dealing with Change Dynamics
Ethical and Professional Dilemmas
Change processes are common in different organizations. In the healthcare settings, changes are always carried out to ensure quality improvement processes. Changes are always initiated based on the research outcomes. Changes are essential in the healthcare system because they lead to the transformation of healthcare processes which in turn lead to the delivery of quality treatment and general care. Health institutions involved in the continuous change processes often ensure effective patient outcomes and improvement in the quality of care. There are different problems associated with healthcare delivery processes (Mancini et al., 2017). These problems can be solved through introducing changes in different departments. Change processes require effective, experienced, and skilled change leaders who ought to adhere to the required standards of operation.
During the change process, there are ethical and professional dilemmas often faced by the change leaders. These dilemmas should always be solved to ensure effective outcomes in the change process. One of the ethical dilemma that can be faced by nurse leaders is the consideration of patient’s values and at the same time initiating the transformations processes. In most cases, healthcare professionals are required to maintain high level of ethics, they are required to be part of the treatment processes. Therefore, during the change processes, there is the need to involve patients, the community, as well as other stakeholders associated with the organization. However, nurse leaders may sometimes finds it very difficult to incorporate patients.
Challenges That Affect Implementation of Change
One of the challenges that may impact the implementation of the change process is the lack of resources as well as failure of the change agents to adhere to the stated standards. Lack of effective communication system is another problem that may impact change implementation processes. Another challenge that may impact implementation of change is the lack of effective organization structure capable of overseeing different activities involved in the change processes.
Strategies for Increasing Motivation and Acceptance among Stakeholders
Incorporation of stakeholder’s ideas in the change process is one of the strategies for increasing motivation and acceptance among the stakeholders during the change processes. Sharing the details and framework for the change process is another approach for increasing motivation and acceptance among the stakeholders involved in the change process.