Biomedical subjects

M J Gilmartin

Publications and source records attributed to M J Gilmartin.

4 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1999

Creativity: the fuel of innovation.

Market-leveled changes occurring in the health care industry require new and creative models of organization, management, and service delivery. One of today's primary management challenges is the development of organizational cultures that value innovation, change, and creativity. The adoption of an ethic of innovativeness allows the organization to stretch the limits of individual and collective knowledge, skill, and ability to meet complex consumer needs. Creativity within organizations is influenced by management practices in conjunction with creativity-relevant work group skills. A common wisdom exists that professional nurses are creative in finding solutions for complex patient care needs. The expansion of this creativity within organizational systems will allow for the evolution of professional nursing practice, improvement in care delivery, and organizational performance.

Creativity↗

PubMed1999

The Multidimensional Health Behavior Inventory.

Gaps in knowledge about what constitutes healthy and risky behaviors for young people hinder successful health promotion intervention strategies. With the development of appropriate instruments, behaviors can be measured and interventions can be implemented to improve health outcomes. The structure of a new health behavior instrument, the Multidimensional Health Behavior Inventory (MHBI), was explored with data from 1,077 college students, ages 18 to 24 years. Factor analysis of 116 health behavior questions yielded 7 factor-based scales with 57 items: diet (13 items), substance use (10 items), safety (9 items), checkup (9 items), social (6 items), stress (6 items), and exercise (4 items). Evaluation of the 7 behavior scales of the MHBI using subgroups defined by age, gender, and race will contribute to an understanding of health behaviors of older adolescents and young adults and will provide directions for research and clinical interventions.

Adolescent↗

PubMed1998

The nursing organization and the transformation of health care delivery for the 21st century.

Market transformations occurring within the health care industry require new patterns of organization and management to meet the increasing complexity of service delivery. A greater understanding of the innovation and entrepreneurial dynamic allows administrators, managers, and leaders to create a new vision of service delivery. Central management and leadership objectives include the development of service technologies that capitalize upon the inherent knowledge of workers to meet consumer needs. A strong sense of innovation and entrepreneurship leading to the introduction of new or improved nursing technologies is a primary component in the evolution of professional nursing practice for the 21st century.

Diffusion of Innovation↗

PubMed1996

Creating the vision: the role of the chief nurse executive in bringing innovations to client service delivery.

The chief nurse officer brings the value-adding contribution of client partner to the executive management team. The nurse executive contributes professional nursing's client-centered, health-enabling approach to care delivery to assist organizations in developing new client and community services. The single most important leadership-challenge presented to nurse administrators, leaders, and managers is the ability to articulate a vision of client-centered care, demonstrate the costs and benefits of service innovations, and effectively shape organizational cultures to achieve innovations in service delivery.

Delivery of Health Care, Integrated↗