Kurt Lewin Model Of Pain Management In Emergency Department
Pain Management
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Introduction Change is inevitable, and must be done or a particular organization or department will be overrun. Objectives must be considered in a department when undergoing change. This enables the people or a particular group to understand the main reason of it. Change should be progressive and more productive to ensure the company’s set vision and mission is achieved. In the health sector, change helps in improving safety of patients.
Pain management in emergency department Management of pain in the emergency department (ED), is a major issue in most of our health care departments. Planned change in this department is necessary but can be challenging to implement (Mitchell, 2013). A survey was once carried out showing that most people die in emergency department than in car accidents due to pain. There are a lot of barriers in …show more content…
It is very simple and easy to implement. The model usually comprises all the stakeholders in the health sector. This theory is usually a three stage part commonly known as; unfreeze, change, freeze. It is strategic as it is simple and mobilizes the people side of change and desire (Shirey, 2013). The unfreezing is probably one of the most important stages since it involves getting ready to change and welcoming change. The department must have the desire to change starting with their departmental heads. Change is a slow transition of acceptance and it is not an event. The second part is changing. This is where the physicians are trained on how to manage pain. Training also has to be done on how best to detect acute pain. The third part is freezing. Physicians become well versed with the change and practice it to better the lives of their patients. This occurs daily and does not have to stop regardless of the organization type (McAlearney, Terris, Hardacre, Spurgeon, Brown, Baumgart, & Nystram,
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Introduction Change is inevitable, and must be done or a particular organization or department will be overrun. Objectives must be considered in a department when undergoing change. This enables the people or a particular group to understand the main reason of it. Change should be progressive and more productive to ensure the company’s set vision and mission is achieved. In the health sector, change helps in improving safety of patients.
Pain management in emergency department Management of pain in the emergency department (ED), is a major issue in most of our health care departments. Planned change in this department is necessary but can be challenging to implement (Mitchell, 2013). A survey was once carried out showing that most people die in emergency department than in car accidents due to pain. There are a lot of barriers in …show more content…
It is very simple and easy to implement. The model usually comprises all the stakeholders in the health sector. This theory is usually a three stage part commonly known as; unfreeze, change, freeze. It is strategic as it is simple and mobilizes the people side of change and desire (Shirey, 2013). The unfreezing is probably one of the most important stages since it involves getting ready to change and welcoming change. The department must have the desire to change starting with their departmental heads. Change is a slow transition of acceptance and it is not an event. The second part is changing. This is where the physicians are trained on how to manage pain. Training also has to be done on how best to detect acute pain. The third part is freezing. Physicians become well versed with the change and practice it to better the lives of their patients. This occurs daily and does not have to stop regardless of the organization type (McAlearney, Terris, Hardacre, Spurgeon, Brown, Baumgart, & Nystram,