Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to D J Lewis.
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) has established accepted levels of care standards for critically ill patients. One institution's use of the AACN standards in the development, implementation, and evaluation of a competency-based critical care nursing program is reported.
Staff development educators are instrumental as change agents in identifying the need for change, developing and implementing a strategic plan to unfreeze, change, and refreeze learning behavior, and evaluating its effectiveness. This article examines an attempt at one facility to implement nursing diagnosis into daily practice through the use of Lewin's change theory. The impact of driving and restraining forces is discussed as they facilitated or hindered adaptation to change throughout the process.
A variety of teaching strategies are used by staff development and inservice educators to foster adult learning. The authors have found a service newsletter to be an effective means to informally communicate with and educate staff. A newsletter can serve as a means of providing a pleasurable and leisurely learning experience.
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