Instructions  

Consider an educational or healthcare organization with which you are familiar. Analyze the organization with respect to its attitude toward change. Identify a healthcare policy that has been adopted by this organization and determine the change model used throughout the change process (if any). Include the history of the change in terms of how the issue was identified, who the stakeholders were, and how the implementation and evaluation were received.

SOLUTION 

Healthcare is a rapidly changing and healthcare organizations need to be able to accommodate such changes. Changes in organizational policies occur in the clinical setting to adapt to maintain evidence- based practices (EBP). The nursing profession is expected to function and adapt to change as it occurs. Nurses have the responsibility to look for ways to facilitate and impact change. One of the largest healthcare organizations that facilitates change in the nursing profession through EBP is the Stanley Shalom Zielony Institute for Nursing Excellence within the Cleveland Clinic. The Stanley Shalom Zielony Institute for Nursing Excellence has been deemed the Center of Excellence for Nursing Education by the National League of Nursing (NLN) in Washington D.C. (Cleveland Clinic, 2017). This institute promotes nurses to play an important role in implementing EBP into their nursing practice that promote positive, safe patient outcomes. At the Cleveland Clinic, nurses on the frontlines are encouraged to facilitate change and become change agents by being involved in decision-making. This involvement joins unit- based, shared governance committees and councils that function for a specific unit. The Cleveland Clinic has implemented and EBP intervention that has been implemented as a policy. …..please click the purchase button below to access the entire solution at $10