Lewin's Change Theory Case Study

a. Using Lewin's Change Theory apply to the article you selected:

The first step of a change is to identify the need for a change. Using Lewin’s change theory, unfreezing would be he MICU nurse identified a lack of standardized treatment for patients with alcohol withdrawal. An agitated hypertensive patient from alcohol withdrawal transformed to unconscious hypotensive patient in the hospital due to lack of education was the main concern. After talking to her colleagues, the nurse realized that health care providers can be educated more about alcohol withdrawal as well as its sequalae.

The second step also known as moving is rearranging and setting realistic goals to solve the identified problem. The MICU nurse took her concerns to collaborative

She talked to other nurses and realized that there wasn’t valuable education or training for alcohol withdrawal treatment. Therefore, she took this issue to the meeting and everyone discovered everyone has similar understanding. This was an initial step to promote change in this hospital. Group of health care providers like doctors, pharmacists, psychiatrists and nurses made the collaborative team to solve the problem. Super-users educated themselves on the alcohol withdrawal solution and helped other nurses, units and volunteered in the treatment. From one member to the whole members in the plan of care worked as a team and made this change possible.

d. What have you learned about the role of Change Agent?

In our daily nursing practice, we see many problems. We hardly say anything to the upper management about the problem. Sometimes we are scared, sometimes we don’t want to stir any drama in the workplace and sometimes we are just too busy. After reading Lewin’s change theory, maybe we can do something good. Speak up about short staff problems and how it affects nurses’ health, or ICU delirium or drug withdrawal in the unit patient. No matter what the problem is, it is not going to be easy to make a change, but the end result will be very