Nursing administration quarterly
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Technology, change, efficiency, and caring are not necessarily concepts that are used in the same sentence when describing motivational and professional practice settings. Caring within health care organizations can take many forms. One of the most significant and meaningful forms is through building networks for shared decision making and shared accountability. While caring can save the life of a patient and convey trust and commitment to patients, families, and staff, it can also save the life of your organization.
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Nurse administrators play a key role in articulating the uniqueness of nursing in complex, corporatized health systems. They also have the privileged opportunity to co-create with nurse colleagues an environment for practice that is perceived by all constituencies as caring. This article addresses how an explicit view of Nursing as Caring can serve as the foundation for the successful and substantive integration of caring. Practical strategies to enhance the organization as a caring environment are discussed.
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This article describes an uncommon role for a senior nursing administrator, that of associate provost for health sciences. Key interdisciplinary interactions and responsibilities in this position are outlined, as well as particular competencies needed to be successful in this multifaceted job. The author's professional development as a clinician and academician is summarized, noting that she did not orchestrate her career for an administrative role. However, aspects of her development as a psychiatric mental health nurse and researcher contributed skills that have proved to be invaluable in her current administrative position.
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This article discusses expected technological developments in the nursing field. It also provides sources for keeping aware of the developments in science.