{"title":"Managing in turbulent times: issues and challenges in health care mergers and acquisitions.","authors":"S A Jones","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The environment of the health care system in the present and foreseeable future has been described as a revolution whose impetus comes from Wall Street. The new system of health care is characterized by mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures. For-profit conversions and mergers of religious and secular organizations were almost unheard of before the last decade. The challenges facing nursing leadership in these turbulent times are (1) dealing with the human dynamics associated with creating new organizational cultures, (2) shifting focus away from event-driven cost avoidance and protecting institutional assets, and (3) shifting focus toward stewardship of community resources and nursing practice beyond institutional boundaries.</p>","PeriodicalId":79376,"journal":{"name":"Seminars for nurse managers","volume":"7 3","pages":"110-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21637249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J Clancy, B Koppe, B Leventhal, D Pyeatt, L A Blue
{"title":"'Uncharted waters'--consolidation of two academic psychiatric services: a case study.","authors":"J Clancy, B Koppe, B Leventhal, D Pyeatt, L A Blue","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Surviving during times of mergers and acquisitions is difficult but possible. Following is a case study of how one service managed not only to survive, but to thrive, during consolidation.</p>","PeriodicalId":79376,"journal":{"name":"Seminars for nurse managers","volume":"7 3","pages":"125-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21637251","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Leading mergers and acquisitions in the health care market--tips for nurse managers and nurse executives.","authors":"S Manji, C H Smeltzer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79376,"journal":{"name":"Seminars for nurse managers","volume":"7 3","pages":"101-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21637245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Caring for yourself during times of organizational change.","authors":"C A Cook, E A Buck","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mergers, acquisitions, and other organizational changes in the health care system pose many challenges and stresses for nursing leaders. Although considerable effort is expended helping staff adjust to change, nurse managers and executives often neglect their own vulnerability to occupational stress. The personal and organizational costs of managerial burnout are high, sometimes resulting in physical illness, mental exhaustion, and decreased productivity. This article emphasizes the importance of prevention through the recognition of potential or actual signs of organizational stress. Handy tips are provided on effective ways to cope with the stress of organizational change.</p>","PeriodicalId":79376,"journal":{"name":"Seminars for nurse managers","volume":"7 3","pages":"141-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21637254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Surviving mergers and acquisitions--as you sow, so shall you reap....","authors":"L L Curtin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79376,"journal":{"name":"Seminars for nurse managers","volume":"7 3","pages":"149-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21637255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"When the nurse manager must help staff cope with change.","authors":"R Davidhizar, R Shearer, S B Dowd","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The authors describe the dynamics of change, barriers and resistance to change, and provide techniques for assisting staff cope with change. The nurse manager should provide support during change, intervene when change is a surprise, help staff find challenge in change, encourage staff to have courage and stamina while coping with change, and foster teamwork. Using these techniques enables the manager and staff to view change as a challenge and an opportunity rather than a threat.</p>","PeriodicalId":79376,"journal":{"name":"Seminars for nurse managers","volume":"7 2","pages":"81-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21489088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The 'super nurse' syndrome.","authors":"R Davidhizar, R Shearer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The authors describe the dynamics of the \"super nurse\" syndrome and provide nurse managers experiencing this syndrome with strategies to assist them. The article discusses the roles of nurse educators, hospital development staff, mentors, and social support networks. The authors hope to prevent the \"super nurse\" syndrome from affecting new graduates, through proper education of nurse educators, mentors, and nurse managers who assist the new graduates in problem solving and adjusting to being a \"real nurse.\"</p>","PeriodicalId":79376,"journal":{"name":"Seminars for nurse managers","volume":"7 2","pages":"59-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21489083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Education as a self-management strategy for success.","authors":"D L Flarey","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79376,"journal":{"name":"Seminars for nurse managers","volume":"7 2","pages":"52-3; discussion 53-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21489080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Two pillars of successful self-management.","authors":"D M Lehmann","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79376,"journal":{"name":"Seminars for nurse managers","volume":"7 2","pages":"57"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21489082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}