Self-management for nurses.
Nurses at a 119-bed hospital in the southwestern United States successfully managed themselves for 5 years without head nurses. The authors describe the context for self-management, the initiation of the self-managed model, and the role and tasks of the self-managed nurse. A summary of self-management training and an operational retrospective summary of the program are given.
Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299↗