ABSTRACT
The definition, implementation, and integration of empowerment concepts and principles is something of an enigma in healthcare organizations. As our structures become less hierarchical and more interactive, relying on vision, knowledge, performance, and example to achieve our missions, nurse executives must know not only why empowerment is essential, but how it can be used to transform their organizations from traditional into futuristic structures and systems.
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Health Facility Administration , Organizational Culture , Power, Psychological , Decision Making, Organizational , Humans , Organizational Innovation , Organizational Objectives , United StatesABSTRACT
In the previous article, Barbara Tebbitt presented a framework for demystifying organizational empowerment. The authors of this manuscript discuss the application of Tebbitt's work in their long-term care facility.
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Long-Term Care/organization & administration , Patient Care Team/organization & administration , Power, Psychological , Group Processes , Humans , Inpatients , Minnesota , Organizational Innovation , Organizational ObjectivesABSTRACT
This article describes a four-step process designed by a midwest teaching hospital to identify priorities for the appointment and use of clinical nurse specialists. In an era of cost containment where the outcomes and effectiveness of staff positions are continually questioned, such a process enhances the objectivity and quality of administrative decision making.
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Nurse Clinicians/organization & administration , Humans , Minnesota , Nurse Clinicians/statistics & numerical data , Specialties, NursingABSTRACT
Due to changes in the health care environment that have expanded their role, nurse administrators have less opportunity to respond adequately to employee concerns. The position of staff counseling specialist was designed to assist nurse administrators at the University of Minnesota Hospitals and Clinics meet the increased demands of their staff. The staff counseling specialist provides a means of narrowing the gap between the staff and nurse executives by addressing employee concerns such as inadequate leadership, communication breakdown, dissonant physician-nurse relations, and other matters adversely affecting the work climate.
