Workplace Culture and Practice Development in Healthcare Settings

This essay delves into the critical role of workplace culture in healthcare practice development. It emphasizes the importance of a positive work environment for enhancing patient care, staff retention, and job satisfaction. The paper explores various theoretical approaches and practical implementations of effective workplace cultures, focusing on person-centered care, patient outcomes, and staff well-being. It examines the challenges in healthcare practices, including training, cross-cultural issues, and staff disengagement, while highlighting the significance of evidence-based care and patient-centered approaches. The essay also addresses the impact of globalization and the responsibilities of nurses in fostering a supportive and innovative environment. The analysis underscores the necessity of collaboration, continuous improvement, and the integration of scientific technologies to ensure optimal patient outcomes and a thriving healthcare ecosystem.

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Introduction
The workplace culture is believed to be one of the most important things for the practice
development. A proper working environment and workplace culture will lead to the betterment
of the effective practices in the organizations. Especially, the workplace culture has to be
enhanced in the healthcare organizations for the practice development. The workers in the
healthcare infrastructure have to provide the person-centered care in the most effective ways
indeed. The workplace culture has to be effective from the clinical aspects. The various areas of
the clinical improvement and the workplace culture will be evaluated (McCance et al. 2013).
It has to be kept in mind that the scenario in the healthcare has been changing very fast
and the employees have to be very much cautious about the changes in the workplace cultures.
The various areas that would be discussed in this paper are the theoretical approaches about the
workplace culture in the healthcare scenario and the practical effectiveness of the
implementation of the of the proper workplace culture. The several things that would be taken
under consideration in this approach are the person-centered care, patient outcomes, staff
retention and job satisfaction (Well et al. 2012). These issues will be highlighted in this paper
along with the effectiveness of maintaining a good workplace culture. The practice development
has been one of the most important issues The various issues in the workplace collaboration in
the practice development will be discussed in this paper as well. The various issues related to the
staff retention will be discussed in this paper as well (Rapley 2013).
The importance of workplace culture
The workplace culture is a very important issue is a very important thing for all the
professionals and especially in practice development. The profession of practice development is

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very much associated with the clinical nursing practice (Tillott, Walsh and Moxham 2013). The
culture in the healthcare organizations is very much important for the betterment of the patients.
The families of the patients always want such culture to be practiced in the organizations that
could be good for the reputation. The most important thing in the clinical practice development is
the delivery of proper care to the patients. The biggest focus should be on the improvement of
the infrastructure in the clinical organization (Patrick and Kumar 2012). The practitioners in the
clinical environment should be very much cautious about providing the care to the people in the
most effective ways indeed. In the recent years, the primary intention of the professionals has
been mainly on the importance of the care of the patients in the best ways. The improvement in
the culture of the people will put up a good reputation for the organizations (Burke 2013).
The corporate culture should be followed in the healthcare organizations at some points
to increase the better services for the healthcare organizations. The users of the services, mainly
the patients and their families should be able to get a better service with the improvement of the
workplace culture in the practice development. It has to be looked after that the patients should
be given best care from every perspective and this will increase the brand reputation for the
organizations. The healthcare reforms can be on the way to implementation if the entire process
has to be reshaped and redesigned (Eccles, Ioannou and Serafeim 2012). The sustainability has to
be achieved in the healthcare organizations and the entire infrastructure of the system can be
improved thus. One of the most important things for the improvement of the practice
development is the developing of the healthcare settings (Guiso, Sapienza and Zingales 2015).
On the other hand, the staff satisfaction has to be well maintained as well. The practice
development profession is indeed a very strenuous profession and the employees in this
profession have to go through hard work. If the work pressure of the employees gets too much,

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this will impact on the lives of clinical practitioners negatively as well (Bolton, Brunnermeier
and Veldkamp 2012).
The nature of challenge in practice development
The challenges in the healthcare practices have been increasing radically and this calls for
the utmost attention of the people from all spheres of life. It has to be remembered that the
clinical development practitioners are sometimes not provided with the proper training on how
they should behave with the patients or their colleagues. The cross cultural issues can be there
between the colleagues. The knowledge of the practitioners are not up to the mark or sometimes
they are not skillful enough as well. This is the reason they fall off in certain times for their lack
of knowledge while attending any case.
The disengagement of the employees will be a crucial factor for the degradation of the
workplace culture in the healthcare organizations. The main problem in this context is the fact
that the staff disengagement will have a bad impact on the healthcare users as well. The
evidence-based and person-centered care will be affected negatively as well (Olsson et al. 2013).
This is the reason as to why the practice development issues will have to be dealt with much
cautiousness. The healthcare systems must provide the quality critical care to the people being
admitted in the healthcare organizations. The hospitals must adopt the most innovative strategies
that should cater to the improvement in the healthcare system in the most positive manners. The
emancipatory practice development is considered to be a very important thing for improving the
quality of the person-centered care (Wolf 2012).
Both the private and public healthcare systems will be looking to increase the practice
development to increase the infrastructure properly. The responsibilities of the nurses are huge in

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order to make the entire infrastructure a better one indeed. The nurses have to monitor the
condition of the patients and provide them with the most necessary care. The organizations must
be able to give the nurses with the proper training. The effects of globalization have put the
practice development in a great condition indeed (Carlström and Ekman 2012). The skills of the
nurses and doctors will be much effective for the organization’s improvement. The evaluation of
the nurses must be very efficient as the improvement process will have to be very faster.
Person-centered care
One of the most important aspects in the clinical practice development is the person-
centered care. The workplace culture will be very important for the healthcare organizations as
the patients want to get an atmosphere where they will feel home like. Thus they can build up a
close affinity with the practice development professionals (Munthe, Sandman and Cutas 2012).
The professional practitioners in the practice development should be able to build up a culture
that should have the effectiveness and innovation within it. The new strategies will inspire the
professionals to take up some strategies by which they could be able to make the operations in a
smoother way. They should follow some corporate strategies that should be effective enough for
the betterment of the conditions in the challenging practice development conditions (de Silva
2014).
The person-centered care or the emancipatory practice development should be
encouraged. The practitioners in this context should be able to mitigate the risks and resolve the
barriers. The challenges in the healthcare have been rising and the practitioners have to apply
some important strategies to get rid of these things. There are some things in the person-centered
care that should be discussed in this paper (Eaton, Roberts and Turner 2015). These are mainly

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the key principles of the person-centered care. The person centered care should be .provided to
the patients so they can overcome their illnesses faster. Some of the essential things in the
person-centered care to be followed are the giving the people proper value for their lives. The
practitioners in the healthcare sector like the doctors and nurses should always treat the people
with much respect and dignity.
They should always be greatly aware of all the values and beliefs that those people
possess. They should be ready to act according to that only. The collaboration in the practice
development is also a very important issue in this section. The proper collaboration and
partnership will redesign the entire healthcare infrastructure (Richards, Coulter and Wicks 2015).
If the nurses and other professionals can work together, this will be highly important for them as
well. The service delivery should be done at the proper time and this should also improve the
customer satisfaction as well. The rights of the practice development professionals should be
balanced. The risks and responsibilities of the clinical practitioners should be given much
priority.
The power control and decision making are two very significant components for the
nursing practice. The skills of the people will have to be increased and these things should be the
base of individual strengths. The interests and abilities of the patients should be encouraged by
the clinical practitioners. Then they can be able to treat them and use their favorite interests as a
tool for getting round soon (Richards, Coulter and Wicks 2015). One of the most important
things for them is to provide the motivation to them. They can be able to know the past of the
person and give the motivation to them for a better life in the future. The collaboration is also a
very significant aspect as well. The service users and service providers should collaborate with
each other in the entire process. The clinical practitioners should be connected socially so they

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can provide effective solutions to the problems being caused. The organization wide efforts
should be very much useful for sustaining the brand reputations of the healthcare organizations.
The needs of the individual patients should always be attended by the clinical practitioners. The
employees should be able to connect with each other and get the best results for the improvement
in the entire procedures.
Evidence based care and patient outcomes
The values of the patients should be very much important for the improvement in the
practice development. These facilities for the care of the patients are very significant as they
work as a proper guidance for the nurses and develop the quality of the patient outcomes. This
approach works better for the problem solving in many healthcare organizations as well. The
organizations will have to implement this program so they can get the best patient outcomes.
This type of care in nursing and clinical practice provides the scientific evidence for the
experimental evidence that includes the necessary outcomes from the aspects of both the patients
and practitioners (LoBiondo-Wood. and Haber 2017). The evidence based care works the
inspiration for the internal and external evidences on the clinical nursing practice.
This kind of care has the ability to provide the scope of care for the individual patients
from the evidences already being collected. The patient preferences and outcomes will be put at
the foremost priority indeed. The scientific technologies are used for providing the patients with
the best care for the improvement in the future (LoBiondo-Wood. and Haber 2017) The scopes
for the improvement are always there in regards to the patient care. The patient outcomes should
be positive in most ways and the clinical expertise should be developed for the clinical
practitioners. The nurses would be able to research on the important topics and thus they should

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be able to complete the work with much evidence. The clinical guidelines should be maintained
properly. Through this process, the proper clinical research is done by the nurses so they can
come to the proper conclusion. The nurses should think upon the methods or processes that could
be taken to improve the quality of the patient care.
In order to be successful in this practice development, they will need to put in the proper
efforts in the clinical research. The evidence that is gathered from the clinical research should be
effectively implemented across the working areas of clinical healthcare (LoBiondo-Wood. and
Haber 2017) The performance of the clinical personnel should be measured by the patient
outcomes. There are some challenges that the nurses and other clinical people have to face in
various ways in practice development. These challenges are the lack of the time to attend the
clinical research, not being able to understand the statistical terms and understand some critical
terms that are used in the research articles (Masters 2015).
Employee retention in practice development
The nurses and other people in the practice development should be provided with the job
satisfaction at the best levels. The nurses should be very much responsible in their works and this
should be effective for the betterment of the skill development of the nurses (Masters 2015).
Employee retention is one of the most important aspects that come with the aspect of job
satisfaction. It is very important to note that the clinical practitioners must possess the proper
insight by which they will be able to get the best outcomes in their practice (DiCenso, Guyatt and
Ciliska 2014).
The use of technology is very critical so the nurses must be able to use the technology
with best effects. They must be provided with the proper facilities like the wage allowances,

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leaves and other things related to labor relations positively. The workplace culture should be
redesigned by the healthcare providers in order to make the clinical practitioners very contented
about their jobs. The challenges caused in the working for practice development should be
tackled properly by the nurses (DiCenso, Guyatt and Ciliska 2014). This would be helpful for
them to sustain in the challenging environment. This is why the clinical experts would be relying
on the ways the nurses and others can live up to the expectations of providing the best services.
They should serve the person centered care in the best way and this would be highly
effective for them indeed. The nurses should always communicate with the patients to know
about their problems and concerns from the beginning (DiCenso, Guyatt and Ciliska 2014). This
would enable them to understand what sort of treatment procedure would be highly effective for
their survival. The success rate will motivate them to stay in their present workplaces and get the
rewards from their seniors as a token of motivation (Masters 2015). If they are appreciated
regularly, this would boost up their morale and they will be benefitted from the financial aspects
as well. Thus the person-centered care will grow their skills and helpful for building their careers
as well.
Conclusion
This paper can be concluded by saying that the practice development is a very critical
issue in the modern context. The job satisfaction, employee retention and other issues have been
discussed in this paper. It has found that workplace culture is a very important component for the
betterment in the practice development. The clinical experts in the practice development have
said that the organizations should provide the nurses and other clinical professionals with the
proper facilities. The effects of person centered care and evidence based care have been

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highlighted. Hopefully, these things will be helpful for the healthcare organizations to provide
the patients with the best kind of care.

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