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Staff perceptions of organization change of treatment delivery on an addiction unit
Author(s) -
Long Clive G,
Williams Martin,
Hollin Clive R
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1995.21040759.x
Subject(s) - perception , cognition , work (physics) , unit (ring theory) , nursing , scale (ratio) , mental health , psychology , job satisfaction , medicine , applied psychology , psychiatry , social psychology , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , mathematics education , quantum mechanics , neuroscience
The Work Environment Scale was used to assess staff perceptions of a change in a treatment programme for problem drinkers A more cost‐effective 2‐week research‐based day‐patient programme, which included the concept of matching, replaced a 5‐week cognitive behavioural in‐patient programme The maintenance of a positive work environment was attributed to the meeting of staff expectations, a cognitive behavioural ideology, and the establishment of a research culture The study highlights the importance of the thorough preparation of staff for change, and their active involvement in the processin settings where work satisfaction is already above the average level for mental health facilities