{"title":"If you don't do it, it won't happen!","authors":"H R Feldman","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80103,"journal":{"name":"Nursing leadership forum","volume":"4 1","pages":"2-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21634930","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":"Credentialing. A paradox for the 21st century.","authors":"J J Schenk, C K Lewis","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As a result of mixed and seemingly contradictory forces in the sociopolitical, economic, and health care environments, credentialing has taken on new momentum and direction in the United States and abroad. The nursing profession, including the American Nurses Credentialing Center, is meeting the challenge through new approaches and partnership endeavors among nursing organizations and with other health care providers and consumer groups.</p>","PeriodicalId":80103,"journal":{"name":"Nursing leadership forum","volume":"4 1","pages":"14-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21634935","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":"Mergers. Your role as a nurse executive and leader of the system.","authors":"C H Smeltzer, P M Vigneau","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80103,"journal":{"name":"Nursing leadership forum","volume":"3 3","pages":"106-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21322839","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 role of middle-range theory for nursing research and practice. Part 2. Nursing practice.","authors":"E R Lenz","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80103,"journal":{"name":"Nursing leadership forum","volume":"3 2","pages":"62-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21322830","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":"Cooperation in community health nursing. There is more to cooperation than doing things together.","authors":"B Ellefsen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80103,"journal":{"name":"Nursing leadership forum","volume":"3 2","pages":"74-80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21322832","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":"Improving patient satisfaction through focus group interviews.","authors":"K L Capitulo","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Long used by the social science community, focus groups have been increasingly used by nursing leaders to obtain information and feedback. Use of the focus group interview (FGI), a qualitative research method, allows the nurse executive the opportunity to obtain data on a variety of topics. In order for the findings to be meaningful, however, the researcher must adhere to basic FGI design and data analysis. Like other research methodologies, the focus group offers advantages and disadvantages that must be evaluated for appropriateness and feasibility. The article illustrates the use of the FGI to spark the creation of patient-focused care and significant increases in patient satisfaction in an academic medical center.</p>","PeriodicalId":80103,"journal":{"name":"Nursing leadership forum","volume":"3 4","pages":"124-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21322843","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":"Serving on a board overseeing a closing institution.","authors":"K M Dirschel","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Swerving on a board when an institution closes provides one with a wealth of frustrations and anxieties, both concerns for the institution, its employees, its clients, and oneself as possibly financially vulnerable. In today's economy more and more board members may find themselves faced with this uncomfortable task. Hopefully this article will make such a board member aware of some of the pitfalls and some of the necessary actions, minimizing the damage and chaos that inevitably results. Even when a closing is well orchestrated, the process is painful, but a well-designed board oversight plan can minimize problems and frustrations.</p>","PeriodicalId":80103,"journal":{"name":"Nursing leadership forum","volume":"3 1","pages":"4-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21322925","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":"Changing expectations towards nursing, family, and life chances. A cohort analysis of nurses in the 20th century.","authors":"P Rosenfeld, E D Baer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80103,"journal":{"name":"Nursing leadership forum","volume":"3 2","pages":"68-73"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21322831","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}