LAPC The Planned Change Innovation Decision Process Theory Discussion

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Prompt: Research one of the three theories (presented in Chapter 18) for planned change and how that process could be applied to a real nursing change situation.

Please respond to two of my classmate discussion posts. Respond with what you agree with or what you liked, something relating to the topic and add a reference.

Classmate 1:The three theories presented in our textbook for planned change are as follows:

Six Phases of Planned Change
Seven Phases of Planned Change
Innovation-Decision Process
The Innovation Decision Process theory consists of five stages, all of which are necessary in the process of forming a decision. The stages included include, gaining knowledge and exposure to the innovation, persuasion, decision, implementation, and confirmation (Walitzer et al., 2016). This theory implies that innovation begins to be accepted depending on several characteristics, “which largely reflect personal reactions to, and beliefs about an innovation” (Walitzer et al., 2016).

This process has been applied to real nursing change situations such as alcohol dependence, as it has the ability to “improve effectiveness of treatment received by individuals with substance use disorders” (Walitzer et al., 2016). Using this theory, you can correlate it to the knowledge and extent of the users abuse, their behavior towards it, and persuasion into sobriety. The nurse can build off the patient’s experience, and implement a plan in accordance to that.

Classmate 2:Out of the three theories of ch 18 for planned change I’m choosing the Six Phases of Planned Change by Ronald Havelock. I have heard all over that knowledge is power, and well this is basically what Havelock believed in. We all know that knowledge leads to great opportunities… so why not bind together all our bits and pieces of knowledge to help each other out? So taking this theory, we can apply it to a real nursing situation to change it. We can apply Havelock by looking at situations with these 6 easy steps. Say we have an issue amongst two RNs on the floor. With havelocks first step of building relationships, we can identify the issue of their relationship status. How did it get there? Why are these two nurses at this point in their relationship? Then we can continue with the second step of diagnosing problems. Every altercation has a root point leading to the symptoms of issues. So time to diagnose it and get real. With the next step of getting good resources here we can get witnesses or other nurses who understand these two who are fighting. Hopefully shedding light into the issue. With the fourth step we try to find a solution. The best type would be a win-win for both nurses to feel heard and not attacked. This would also help nurses come back and see that we are really here to help. The fifth step is monitoring the issue and checking for progress. This would be to check in later in the day. And the last and final step is to stabilize change. We want to make sure this doesnt happen again!