Project Possibility: A model of care and the politics of change
Kim Walker
Nursing (Applied Research), St Vincent's Private Hospital, Darlinghurst; Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent's and Mater Health Sydney; Australian Catholic University, Sydney NSW
PP: 086 - 094
Abstract
As a strategy to counter the current crisis of recruitment and retention in nursing a new model of care designed to introduce the second and third level of nurse into what was previously an almost exclusively registered nurse workforce, has been implemented in collaboration with clinicians, educators and managers, at a leading private hospital.
This paper articulates the salient features of the model, key processes involved in the model's introduction to the staff and explores the complex politics surrounding its implementation and ongoing evaluation.
Keywords
nurse recruitment; nurse retention; employment entry levels; communication; team nursing
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