NR 534 Week 8 Discussion; Experience, Reflection, Implications

Experience: Post a summary of your 昀椀nal paper: Planning Change: Reduc琀椀on in Workforce. The summary should include the highlights (include key points from each heading) of the paper and should be con昀椀ned to two paragraphs. Any type of change in a healthcare system must be thought out, planned, researched and structured. Managers must u琀椀lize several factors in deciding who is most valuable to the organiza琀椀on and who will incorporate the values, mission and goals of the organiza琀椀on when implemen琀椀ng a RIF. It is essen琀椀al for managers to use transparent and therapeu琀椀c communica琀椀on as well as sensi琀椀vity at this 琀椀me, as this can be detrimental to those a昀昀ected. In the implementa琀椀on of this change, the organiza琀椀on will follow the Ko琀琀er’s change model. This is an 8-step change model that will be u琀椀lized over a six-month 琀椀meframe. This model will bene昀椀t this change as it focuses on the prepara琀椀on and acceptance of change, as well as the transi琀椀on of steps in-between. U琀椀lizing this model will help to have a speci昀椀c plan to implement the RIF and allow management to follow necessary steps in doing so. Re昀氀ec琀椀on: Re昀氀ect on your experience in researching the issue of reduc琀椀on in workforce and what it was like to apply what you learned to the scenario. What did you wonder about as you made decisions on who would not be working soon? Were you able to reconcile internal con昀氀ict of values with the ac琀椀ons you had to take? What were your frustra琀椀ons or obstacles? Are you con昀椀dent in your decisions? In researching and wri琀椀ng this paper, I writer learned a wealth of knowledge related to a reduc琀椀on in the workplace. Any healthcare system must run as a business and meet the 昀椀nancial budget in order to remain successful. In doing so, management may need to make the necessary cuts to make this possible. I learned that is must be done in the fairest and ethical ma琀琀er as possible; personal opinions are unable to weigh in and there are no individual favors done to keep those that do not meet the needs and goals of the organiza琀椀on. Addi琀椀onally, with the cuts made, the exis琀椀ng employees will have a lot more responsibility to make up for those that are now gone. This can be a lot on the stress of those individuals, therefore, the appropriate amount of support needs to be provided. Also, the employees who were not eliminated may have plenty of mixed feelings related to the company and a sense of trust will be gone. These individuals need to have adequate support and reassurance related to their jobs. Implica琀椀ons: How does this experience and what you learned from your re昀氀ec琀椀on on it inform your future ac琀椀ons in advanced prac琀椀ce in nursing leadership? This assignment has taught me a variety of informa琀椀on related to leadership. This has shown that things need to be done in a thorough and controlled process, not just based on emo琀椀ons or ideas. Speci昀椀cally, in a RIF, there needs to be ra琀椀onale to support