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Closing an open psychiatric ward: organizational change and its effect on staff uncertainty, self-efficacy, and
Semyon Melnikov1, Razya Shor, Ronit Kigli-Shemesh
1Nursing Department, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. melniko@post.tau.ac.il
Purpose:
Converting an open psychiatric ward to a closed one can be threatening and stressful for the medical and nursing staff involved. This study describes the effects of this change, in particular the before-after correlation among self-efficacy, professional functioning, and uncertainty.
Design And Methods:
Forty-four staff participated, completing pre-/poststructured questionnaires.
Findings:
Uncertainty was higher before the conversion than after the conversion. Professional functioning declined after the conversion. Self-efficacy was positively correlated with pre- and postconversion functioning, but negatively correlated with postconversion uncertainty.
Practice Implications:
It is important to prepare staff for this significant organizational change. Suggestions for prechange interventions are offered.
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