Reference no: EM133593472
You are a graduate registered nurse working on a surgical ward in a large regional hospital. You have been working on the ward for the past six (6) months and are feeling comfortable in your role as the registered nurse. In the past couple of weeks, you have observed/ noticed the following in practice and through your own professional development:
• There have been many staff, inclusive of nursing and allied health who have resigned from their positions. You have also noted that the casual/ pool staff that are allocated to the ward are not happy to be there. You have overheard the pool staff make comments like "they do not feel welcome, they are always given the heaviest workload and if an incident occurs, they are always blamed."
• There has been an increase in patients being readmitted to the ward due to complications of wound breakdowns. When observing other staff members completing dressing changes for patients, you notice a large discrepancy in techniques and notice a significant lack in following the ward policy related to dressing changes.
• After reading some journal articles for PD, you have identified that Electronic Medical Records (EMR) are utilised in some health services however in the regional hospital, medical records are paper- based version. This makes you wonder, what type of records have a more positive effect on patients and health care professionals?
In your letter, respond to the following:
1. Identify the issue/ practice concern/ ward culture that you would propose to change and give a background explanation why (using current literature).
2. Identify two (2) interventions you propose to implement that are specific and achievable in relation to your identified area for change. Discuss how you are going to engage stakeholders and communicate these proposed interventions.
3. Identify two (2) possible barriers to change, one (1) individual and one (1) organisational and discuss.
4. Identify the leadership style that you will adopt in this innovation for change. Analyse how the attributes of this specific