Evidence-Based Practice Project Proposal: Organizational Culture and Readiness Proposed Strategies to Facilitate the Readiness of the Organization

Evidence-Based Practice Project Proposal: Organizational Culture and Readiness Proposed Strategies to Facilitate the Readiness of the Organization

Needs analysis will be performed to identify knowledge and skill gap among the healthcare providers in relation to the project. Needs assessment will provide information that will guide the development of goals for training for the staffs. The objectives of the project will also be aligned with the organizational mission. Alignment will ensure the relevance and readiness of the organization to embrace the project (Horntvedt et al., 2018). Staff training will be offered to ensure that they have the required knowledge and skills for the project implementation. Training will also minimize the risk of resistance to change by the adopters due to lack of knowledge, skills and prepared for the project. Lastly, active stakeholder involvement will be adopted to ensure their empowerment and sustained use of the project intervention (Sharma et al., 2018).

Stakeholders and Team Members

The stakeholders for the project will comprise of nurse managers and leaders, registered nurses, counselors, and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners. Nurse leaders and managers will play the role of supervision and coordination of the project interventions. They will also ensure the effective use of resources to ensure the realization of the goals of the project. Registered nurses will recruit, implement and monitor the participants with withdrawal symptoms. Counselors will provide health education to the participants on the use of behavioral interventions. Psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners will assess the response of the participants to the selected treatments. The stakeholders will work as a team to ensure the realization of the desired outcomes in the project.

Information and Communication Technologies

Computers will be used in the project for data storage. The healthcare providers will also use them in accessing the sources of evidence-based data that they need to inform their practice. Projectors will also be needed in the project for patient education and presentation of results and training the providers of care and patients. Short messaging services will be used as sources of reminders to the patients on the need for the consistent utilization of the required behavioral interventions. Short messaging will also be used to empower participants to engage in self-management behaviors for the project. The importance of the above technologies to nursing is that they will promote safety, efficiency, quality, and patient-centeredness in project implementation (Nasution & Hariyati, 2018).

Conclusion

In summary, the organization is ready to implement the proposed interventions. The leadership and organizational culture support the change initiatives. The organization has an enabling culture that encourages the use of innovative practices in patient care. Therefore, a focus will be placed on ensuring the minimization of threats and weaknesses by optimizing opportunities and strengths of the organization in the implementation of the proposed initiative.

References

Barwick, M. A. (2011). Checklist to Assess Organizational Readiness (CARI) for EIP Implementation. 5.

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