title: The meaning of change to individuals within a college of nurse education.
abstract: Change is an inevitability in all aspects of our lives today, with the prospect of an exponentially increasing rate of change. This study attempts to provide a clearer understanding of the meaning of change to the individual within a college of nurse education. The thoughts and feelings of individuals towards change are often subjective and contradictory in nature. A cultural perspective using a phenomenological approach was therefore adopted. Using the attributes of a 'new paradigm research' enabled a harmony to be achieved between the methodology and the paradoxical elements of change and the individual. The study identified that good change is dependent upon a partnership between manager and managed or teacher and student. It became evident that a true partnership based on open, supportive and trusting relationships was deficient in some areas. Three themes concerning the individual and change evolved as being important: (a) a perception of the individual's need to be self-empowering, self-helping, self-caring, self-motivating; (b) the need for the individual to be resilient to change and reflective in practice; and (c) a perception of change as a learning experience.
authors.affiliation: Bloomsbury College of Nurse Education, London, England.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003142:Communication; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003697:Delphi Technique; D004739:England; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011209:Power, Psychological; D012107:Research Design; D012579:Schools, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires