The Journal of nursing administration
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Comparative Study
Registered nurse job satisfaction and collective bargaining unit membership status.
To examine differences in job satisfaction levels between registered nurses who were or were not members of a nursing collective bargaining unit. ⋯ There is a need for interventions in institutions with collective bargaining units to improve job satisfaction, nurse retention, and job recruitment.
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Despite the tremendous gains nurse leaders have made in shaping the environment of care, an observable, dysfunctional dynamic resulting in organizational fatigue threatens the sustainability of those gains. At its peak, this dynamic cascades through all levels of nursing leadership, causing exhaustion, diminished decision making, and reluctance by nurses to assume formal leadership roles. ⋯ The authors offer a prescription for organizational fatigue, based on the cross-cultural research of Dr Angeles Arrien. Following this prescription can lead to healthier leaders, stronger nursing organizations, a richer pipeline of future nurse leaders, and a safer environment for patients.