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Abstract

Since Nightingale implied that progress was inherent in good nursing, change has slowly but surely accelerated to a frenetic pace in health care and to a degree in nursing. However, the healthy progress and implications associated with change in the nursing profession are not as readily embraced as this pace may imply. Rather, embracing change at the core of nursing and health care is a challenge as this is a group who it is suggested are not only resistant but also adept at reinforcing the status quo. Using mental health nursing as an example this position paper addresses the concept of change management, explores the facilitators and inhibitors to explain why change is not effectively managed at times. Further, case studies provided exemplify how change in mental health nursing has occurred and demonstrate how the concept of change management effectively has been achieved. Key strategies for change management are outlined in this article, noting the need to be sensitive to the culture and specifics of that organisation, because change takes place within people rather than within the organisation itself. Part of the challenges and strategies faced in the profession are related to the movement of information and knowledge from the point of research to implementation of evidence-based best practice. Leaders, therefore, should adopt change management principles and strategies, to further drive the developments which have changed mental health nursing over a relatively short period.

Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Cleary, M and West, S and Arthur, D and Kornhaber, RA
Keywords:	change management, health care, mental health, nursing
Journal or Publication Title:	Issues in Mental Health Nursing
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis Inc.
ISSN:	0161-2840
DOI / ID Number:	https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840.2019.1609633
Copyright Information:	Copyright 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
Related URLs:	Google Scholar: Cleary, M UTAS Profile: Cleary, M Google Scholar: Kornhaber, RA UTAS Profile: Kornhaber, RA
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