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Marianne Ditomassi

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PubMed2005

Why not nursing.

Does nursing have an image problem that scares off potential nursing students? Here's what high-school students and adult career-switchers think about nursing as a potential career choice.

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PubMed2004

Development and psychometric evaluation of the Professional Practice Environment (PPE) scale.

PURPOSE: To describe the Professional Practice Environment (PPE) scale, its conceptual development and psychometric evaluation, and its uses in measuring eight characteristics of the professional practice environment in an acute care setting. DESIGN AND METHODS: The 38-item PPE Scale was validated on a sample of 849 professional practice staff at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Psychometric analysis included: item analysis, principal components analysis (PCA) with varimax rotation and Kaiser normalization, and internal consistency reliability using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. FINDINGS: Eight components were shown, confirming the original conceptually derived model's structure and accounting for 61% of explained variance. Cronbach's alpha coefficients for the eight PPE subscales ranged from .78 to .88. CONCLUSIONS: Findings showed the 38-item PPE Scale was reliable and valid for use in health outcomes research to examine the professional practice environment of staff working in acute care settings.

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PubMed2003

The value of collaborative governance/staff empowerment.

OBJECTIVE: Collaborative governance is the decision-making process that places the authority, responsibility, and accountability for patient care with the practicing clinician. BACKGROUND: Collaborative governance was introduced as one of nine structures within the patient care services' professional practice model to facilitate communication and optimize staff participation in decision-making across disciplines. The concept of empowerment was used to evaluate the impact of the collaborative governance structure on members. METHODS: The purpose of the current study was to compare empowerment and power scores for both members and nonmembers of collaborative governance over a 3-year period. RESULTS: Initial survey data (baseline) from 136 staff from across disciplines was returned prior to beginning work on a committee. Study results were based on survey returns from 657 staff over a 3.5-year period. There were no significant differences between collaborative governance members and nonmembers on some demographic variables such as age, but there were significant differences on variables such as work status and education. All empowerment scores were significantly higher at the 2nd and 3rd measurement periods for collaborative governance members as compared to nonmembers. CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest that membership on a collaborative governance committee increased staff sense of empowerment and fostered self-growth and organizational development.

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Mentoring the minority nurse leader of tomorrow.

Diversity is crucial to the future of nursing. And fortunately, a shift in the composition of the nursing workforce so that it more accurately mirrors the composition of America's patient population is already taking place. However, this emerging multiculturalism brings an important issue to the forefront-the leadership tier in healthcare organizations must also reflect the ethnic and cultural changes taking place. Movement in this direction makes prominent the importance of the mentor role in the life of the minority nurse seeking a leadership career path. Acknowledging the present demographics of the profession, it is most unlikely that the mentor and mentee will be a cultural or ethnic match. The good news is that this should not be viewed as an automatic barrier. This article describes the 5 Cs of mentoring a minority nurse professional, that is, candor, compromise, confidence, complexity, and champion-the specific competencies that promote a mentor-mentee relationship focused on career success.

Cultural Diversity↗