Exploring the Sensemaking of Orientation Plans for New Workers in a Health Care Ward
Ignaim, Mus'ab (2023)
2023
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2024051813156
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2024051813156
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The purpose of this study was to explore the sensemaking of orientation plans for new workers in a healthcare ward. The study was conducted in a public healthcare ward. The ward provides many healthcare services, but most patients stay as an in-patient to receive care. The study explored the current orientation plans being used at the ward by examining the perceptions and experiences of eight staff nurses; as well as co-sensing the efficiency and effectiveness of the plans after the orientation has been carried out.
The study aimed to determine whether the healthcare ward needs new orientation plans for new nurses or if the old ones need to be updated, and how effective the current plans are. This study used the intervention method of Collaborative Story Craft to find common ground for deciding what needs to be developed about the orientation plans. The method is used to gather and inspect data through thematic analysis, subsequently leading workers toward common goals or organizational changes through metaphors and stories that relate to all the participants.
The collective workshop, which is a part of the research method, showed that a significant factor that affects orientation is the amount of experience the one providing the orientation has. The difference in work experiences affected how workers felt about the orientation plan and how they carried it out. Furthermore, participants’ expectations for how the orientation needed to be carried out were met with a need for more resources from the management side, resources that were not available, and that led to difficulties in the work environment.
Keywords: Orientation, Onboarding, Shortage of nurses, Nurses, Collaborative Story Craft
The study aimed to determine whether the healthcare ward needs new orientation plans for new nurses or if the old ones need to be updated, and how effective the current plans are. This study used the intervention method of Collaborative Story Craft to find common ground for deciding what needs to be developed about the orientation plans. The method is used to gather and inspect data through thematic analysis, subsequently leading workers toward common goals or organizational changes through metaphors and stories that relate to all the participants.
The collective workshop, which is a part of the research method, showed that a significant factor that affects orientation is the amount of experience the one providing the orientation has. The difference in work experiences affected how workers felt about the orientation plan and how they carried it out. Furthermore, participants’ expectations for how the orientation needed to be carried out were met with a need for more resources from the management side, resources that were not available, and that led to difficulties in the work environment.
Keywords: Orientation, Onboarding, Shortage of nurses, Nurses, Collaborative Story Craft