Edie - I, also am a Master's student in nursing...This is an interesting
question. Our organization is doing the opposite. Instead of " carving
out " we have combined two Home Health agencies into one. We have a
culture clash. I am interested in principles of Learning Organizations
which could assist the staff in working more cohesively. The formal
organization has not developed a process of communication or a work-flow
process. Consequently, the informal organization is performingwork in any
manner that suites the individual nurse. I'd be interested in any
responses to your problem and mine.
Edie Happs wrote:
> Hi my name is Edie and I am totally new to systems/ learning
> organization
> but finding it very enlightening so far. I am Masters student in
> Nursing
> Case Management at Sonoma State in California and we are studying
> systems
> theory this semester. My question is how would you apply this process
> to a
> "carving out" from one hospital to staff another hospital with limited
> increase in staff. The feeling from administration is there will be a
> shift in patient load from one facility to another but no real
> increase in
> census, my feeling is that if you build it they will come, but also
> membership has grown so it possible that the census in both facilities
> will be at capacity in a short period of time. How does one use
> learning
> organization to handle or deal with the staffing issues that are
> likely to
> arise.
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