Effective Leadership in Nursing: Adopting Electronic Medication System

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Leadership in Nursing
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Introduction
Leadership plays a critical role in clinical practice ensuring a high quality health care
system that persistently provides safe and efficient care to the patients (Daly, Jackson, Rumsey,
Patterson, & Davidson, 2015). The electronic system of medication lowers pressure on nursing
due to the reduced medication errors. The system also enhances decision-making and governance
within the health facility. Furthermore, the electronic system improves the experience of nursing
staff. The system also enhances the productivity and efficiency in the medication rounds. The
electronic system also reduces paperwork; thus increasing the time of nurse-patient interaction.
The write-up will also examine the essence of adopting the electronic system in medication.
Moreover, the essay will propose a change plan using the Lewin's model. The paper will also
evaluate the leadership styles that can help hospital administrators to effect changes. Finally, the
essay will explore resistance to transition and methods to overcome the challenges.
Essence of the Electronic Medication System
The adoption of the electronic system has various merits in healthcare set-ups. The two
hundred bed hospital should adopt the policy to eliminate the medical mistakes that it has been
experiencing over the last three years. Nurses would benefit from the system as it makes nurses
to commit less clinical errors (Elliott, Lee, & Hussainy, 2016). The patients are the leading
beneficiaries of the electronic system of medication as it shields them from the danger of
medication errors. The reduction in medication errors improves the reputation of a health facility.
Therefore, the hospital should adopt the electronic system.
Lewin’s Model of Change
The two hundred bed hospital should apply the three steps in the model to effect changes
in the facility. The first step is unfreezing which require the leader to convince employees of the

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necessity of changes (Cummings, Bridgman, & Brown, 2016). In the case study, the initial step
involves organizing staff meetings to explain why the health facility should adopt the electronic
system. The hospital administrator should reveal the statistics of medication errors at the
conference. The leader should also point out the weaknesses of the current methods of
medication administration. The process of introducing the changes would take six weeks.
The second step in the model is the change process. At this phase, employees start to
solve the uncertainty of transition and prepare for the new procedures (Wojciechowski, Murphy,
Pearsall, & French, 2016). In the case study, the nurses begin to forget the past methods of
medication administration and prepare for the electronic system. The hospital administrator
should allow enough time for the caregivers to embrace the new system and leave the old one.
The leader should ensure that every employee has accepted to work in the new direction before
implementing the changes. The administrator should explain the benefits of the new system, and
the process can take ten weeks.
The third and final step is the refreezing phase. Refreezing is the process of incorporating
the changes in the organization’s values and culture (Bakari, Hunjra, & Niazi, 2017). The
institution should include the changes in the company's job description. In the case scenario, the
electronic system should form part of the hospital's treatment methods. The refreezing step
should help the organization and the clients to institutionalize the transition. Furthermore, the
firm should ensure that employees apply the changes in all their endeavors. The successful
incorporation of switches makes the employees comfortable and confident at work. The process
can take ten weeks.
Leadership Styles