Nurse Change Agents Can Mix It Up

Nurses, when you're at work, do you feel like there are things that need to change? Are there processes, policies, or nursing procedures that everyone follows but seem woefully inefficient or old school? Are people at work stuck doing things the same old way just because no one has taken the initiative to pivot and alter the pattern? That can be frustrating, especially if you're a natural born nurse change agent.Change Agents 'R' UsIf you're not officially a nurse manager or leader, it can seem inappropriate or downright scary to attempt to initiate change in your workplace. However, change agents come in all shapes and sizes, and sometimes change needs to come from within the ranks, not from the "top" of the nursing/healthcare food chain.Nurse change agents are assuredly intrapreneurs, but sometimes they're intrapreneurs on steroids! Episode 41 of The Nurse Keith Show is all about nurse intrapreneurship and why it's so important, so do your homework if you want to be one (or if you want to assess if you already are one!) Some of us simply put our heads down and plow through the day, watching the clock and doing whatever we can just to survive the shift and get home to our lives and families. However, some of us aren't satisfied with just doing what we're told; we see how things could be different, and we can't sit back and watch inefficiency or poor practices run amok. If you're the kind of nurse who notices things and sees how they could be better, you might...

Source: Digital Doorway - April 15, 2016 Category: Nursing Tags: healthcare healthcare policy nurse nurses nursing nursing practice Source Type: blogs