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M J Cruise

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PubMed1991

Building a professional environment in long-term care. The role of clinical career development.

1. To be successful, an organizational career development program must include a differentiation of the responsibilities for which the various parties (employer, employee, career counselor) will be held accountable. 2. Project outcomes revealed that the career mobility program was attractive to nursing personnel and facility management personnel alike. However, it was more attractive to nonlicensed than licensed personnel. 3. Of the staff who participated and were promoted, the majority remained in their jobs. The program was most successful in enhancing retention with personnel who received within-level promotions. 4. The process of career development requires collaboration and support from all levels of leadership and staff throughout the organization. A career development program, including a career mobility program with a strong career counseling component, can serve as a catalyst in professionalizing the long-term care work environment.

Career Mobility↗
PubMed1990

A career mobility program for skilled nursing facilities.

This article reports the results of a 3-year demonstration project in career mobility for nursing personnel in skilled nursing facilities. The goal of the project was to demonstrate the effectiveness of a career mobility program in addressing service delivery challenges such as recruitment, retention, and satisfaction of nursing personnel in skilled nursing facilities. The project was a joint effort between an educational department of a large university and a major long-term care corporation. The project evaluation addressed the effectiveness of this career mobility program in attracting and retaining nursing personnel, the satisfaction of nursing personnel with their jobs, and whether the additional training affected the quality of care. Five pilot and three comparison sites were designated in Southern California. Survey, self-report, and interview data were collected at yearly intervals and at the completion of the project. Descriptive statistics and analysis of variance formed the basis for data analysis and interpretation. Overall, the findings suggested that the career mobility program has the potential to retain staff who benefit from a career development program. The career mobility program was a valuable strategy, but its success was only as good as the management team's authority to support the program and emphasize its goals.

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PubMed1989

Facilitating research utilization: a model for nurse managers.

Nursing research utilization has been studied and models have been developed by many nursing groups. However, the important role of the nurse administrator or manager in promoting utilization of research has been neglected. This pilot study used a nursing diagnosis--alterations in comfort (pain)--to identify common and expected variables in selected studies. Findings from this research together with the literature on research utilization models provided the foundation for the development of a preliminary model for nurse managers. The authors discuss this process and make recommendations for implementation.

Clinical Nursing Research↗
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Social policy statements: guidelines for decisionmaking.

As healthcare providers, nurses have a professional responsibility to act on behalf of the public they serve by influencing health policy. One tool that can direct nurses in this political activity is a social policy statement. Its importance and strategies for use are described below.

Decision Making, Organizational↗
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The coming of age in nursing care of the elderly.

Worldwide trends and developments point the way toward a restructuring of health care delivery systems to meet increased demands from the elderly and disabled. As nursing, by virtue of its unique position, can play a major role in gerontological care, below the authors present three models that optimize nursing care to ensure effective and efficient service.

Aged↗
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The tools of management: keeping high touch in a high tech world.

Three of Naisbitt's Megatrends: information processing, high tech/high touch and participatory management--welded into tools of management--have particular relevance for nurses throughout the world. Their use is explored in this paper delivered at a Special Interest Session in Tel Aviv at the ICN Congress.

Administrative Personnel↗