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Susan Johnson¹, Joan Ostaszkiewicz, Beverly O'Connell

¹School of Nursing, Deakin University-Southern Health Nursing Research Centre, 221 Burwood Hwy., Burwood, Victoria 3125, Australia. susan.johnson@deakin.edu.au

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

|August 19, 2009

Abstract

Aim:

This case study describes a quality initiative to minimize restraint in an Australian residential aged care facility.

Approach:

The process of improving practice is examined with reference to the literature on implementation of research into practice and change management. The differences between planned and emergent approaches to change management are discussed. The concepts of resistance and attractors are explored in relation to our experiences of managing the change process in this initiative. The importance of the interpersonal interactions that were involved in facilitating the change process is highlighted.

Implications:

Recommendations are offered for dealing with change management processes in clinical environments, particularly the need to move beyond an individual mind-set to a systems-based approach for quality initiatives in residential aged care.

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