Studies exploring nurses' perceptions about using pdas in their daily patient practice found initial resistance, with some nurse
s concerned about the cost and short technological life cycle of these devices. as part of the __________ stage of change, the nurses' managers try to instill in them the motivation to change, encouraging them to let go of attitudes and behaviors that are resistant to innovation.
This is part of the unfreezing stage
of change. The aim throughout the unfreezing stage is to make an attentiveness
of how the current situation, or current level of satisfactoriness, is delaying
the group in some way. Past behaviors, methods of thinking, procedures, people
and organizational arrangements must all be cautiously inspected to demonstrate
employees how essential a change is for the organization to make or uphold an economical
advantage in the market.
