Psychotropic Medication nonadherence among psychiatric patients

ORGANIZATIONAL READINESS ASSESSMENT
How do you determine organizational readiness to implement change in your practice or organization? Are the individuals committed to making the change? Are they confident in the impact of the change? Are they prepared to face challenges?

The answers to these questions, and others, may provide insight into the readiness of an organization to implement change. Understanding an organization’s readiness provides critical insight into building a team, identifying stakeholders, and ultimately moving forward with a proposed change. As a nurse leader, it will be important to determine the organizational readiness and motivating factors of individuals associated with the organization to implement change.

For this Assignment, complete the Organizational Readiness Form to assist you in determining the readiness for implementing change. Utilizing this form, you will explore the importance of organizational readiness with your team and other stakeholders.

RESOURCES

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.

WEEKLY RESOURCES

TO PREPARE
Determine who is a part of the team needed to address your problem.
Ensure your problem is clearly defined and shared with your team.
THE ASSIGNMENT: (1–2 PAGES AND COMPLETED ORGANIZATIONAL READINESS FORM)
Meet with teams associated with your practice problem to gather information about the problem. With the guidance of the team, answer the following questions:

What is the practice problem? psychotropic Medication nonadherence in psychiatric population
What are the real or perceived impacts of the problem?
Is the problem defined correctly?
Who are the stakeholders?
Consider the following:
Are the right people at the table?
What is their level of engagement with the problem?
Are there internal/external stakeholders?
After answering the questions, provide an assessment for organizational readiness. Additionally, complete the Organizational Readiness Form provided to you in the Learning Resources. Note: You will be submitting your responses to the prompts for this Assignment and a completed Organizational Readiness Form in the Assignment submission link for this week.