Answer for NUR 590 Compare two organizational readiness tools Re: Topic 2 DQ 1

One readiness assessment an organization can you is teamSTEPPS, the organization I work at actively uses this readiness tool and I was unaware of what it truly meant until I started reading into it. Essentially teamSTEPPS assesses an organization on weather they are ready for change based upon thirteen yes or no questions using four different categories. These four categories are defined need, readiness for change in culture, time, resources, and personnel, and finally sustainability of the change. If an organization or team has more than nine questions with a yes, that organization is conducive of change. If an organization answers yes to 6-8 questions, the organization has some room for improvement and may not be conducive to change. If an organization answers yes on 1-5 questions, it is likely that the organization needs significant work to raise the readiness level of the institution (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2015).

Another readiness assessment tool is Discussion-Oriented Organizational Self-Assessment (DOSA), unlike teamSTEPPS this organizational readiness tool does not measure readiness for change as well. The DOSA is a self assessment much like teamSTEPPS, however DOSA’s self assessment revolves around capacity areas such as external relations, financial resource management, human resource management, organizational learning, service delivery and strategic management (Dearing, 2018). This self assessment although good in business practice, does not specifically look at the readiness for change which is essential in EBP implementation.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (2015, August). Readiness assessment. AHRQ. https://www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps/readiness/index.html

Dearing J. W. (2018). Organizational Readiness Tools for Global Health Intervention: A Review. Frontiers in public health, 6, 56. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00056