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S McLane

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The challenge for education in a transformed health care system.

A focus on health promotion, disease prevention, and health education for all members of society has emerged from the federal guidelines of Healthy People 2000 and, more important, from the demonstrated needs of vulnerable populations. New and potent organisms and diseases have stressed the health care system. Nursing administrators face significant challenges in managing health care delivery and nursing within the multidisciplinary team in the transformed system. In all areas, education must be directed to meet the challenges and nursing must assume the leadership for ensuring the health care needs of individuals and communities, now and in the future.

Education, Nursing↗

Organizational innovations that nourish staff leadership.

Health care is experiencing a paradigm shift that has the potential to redefine traditional roles, systems, and practices. At Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the nursing organization has capitalized on this potential and has been energized by the array of opportunities for innovation and experimentation. The results of these efforts suggest that many of these changes not only are positive approaches to patient care but also promote staff leadership and an entrepreneurial spirit at the front line.

Decision Making, Organizational↗