{"title":"Succession planning: aligning strategic goals and leadership behaviors.","authors":"Patrick R Coonan","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the intense health care environment of today, human capital is an organizations most important asset. Leadership and human capital can often differentiate a successful organization from one that is not. In an ongoing effort to develop a strong and capable workforce, many organizations focus exclusively on hiring and training without regard for succession planning; this is a mistake. Succession planning is essential to develop and maintain organizational success. Succession planning supports the development of strong leadership because it leads to increased skills and competencies of staff who can best manage the organization toward achievement of organizational strategic goals. Dealing with the fears and issues surrounding the topic enables leaders to align an organizations strategic goals with its human capital needs to maintain and support leadership transitions and effective organizations.</p>","PeriodicalId":80103,"journal":{"name":"Nursing leadership forum","volume":"9 3","pages":"92-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25621352","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":"So you want to be a dean? The anticipatory stage.","authors":"Marcia C Maurer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Wanting to be a dean and actually securing a deanship take a great deal of planning and forethought. The first step in the process is deciding on why you want to be a dean, where you would like to fulfill that desire and what are the processes to make the aspiration a reality. Corcoran and Clarks (1984) framework on career socialization, particularly stage one, anticipatory socialization, was used as the guiding model for this article. The literature is not awash with articles on the actual steps to take in securing a deanship. This article explicates from personal experience how to successfully navigate the road to becoming a dean.</p>","PeriodicalId":80103,"journal":{"name":"Nursing leadership forum","volume":"9 3","pages":"118-26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25621356","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":"A budget model to determine the financial health of nursing education programs in academic institutions.","authors":"Gloria Donnelly","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the allocation of resources in academic settings, hierarchies of tradition and status often supersede documented need. Nursing programs sometimes have difficulty in getting what they need to maintain quality programs and to grow. The budget is the crucial tool in documenting nursing program needs and its contributions to the entire academic enterprise. Most nursing programs administrators see only an operating expense budget that may grow or shrink by a rubric that may not fit the reality of the situation. A budget is a quantitative expression of how well a unit is managed. Educational administrators should be paying as much attention to analyzing financial outcomes as they do curricular outcomes. This article describes the development of a model for tracking revenue and expense and a simple rubric for analyzing the relationship between the two. It also discusses how to use financial data to improve the fiscal performance of nursing units and to leverage support during times of growth.</p>","PeriodicalId":80103,"journal":{"name":"Nursing leadership forum","volume":"9 4","pages":"143-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25677957","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}
Amy J Barton, Patricia Moritz, Jerry Griffin, Marlaine Smith, Kathy Magilvy, Gayle Preheim, Lauren Clark, Gene Marsh, Joann Congdon, Mary Blegen, Roxie Foster, Sue Hagedorn
{"title":"A model to identify direct costs of nursing education: the Colorado experience.","authors":"Amy J Barton, Patricia Moritz, Jerry Griffin, Marlaine Smith, Kathy Magilvy, Gayle Preheim, Lauren Clark, Gene Marsh, Joann Congdon, Mary Blegen, Roxie Foster, Sue Hagedorn","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>During spring 2003, national, state, and local economic factors converged in a manner that propelled us to better identify the costs of the educational programs offered within the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center School of Nursing (SON). Two factors prompted analysis of direct costs of the nursing education programs: a shrinking state appropriation and a 36.7% rescission of state funds during that academic year. The SON supports 618 students in four programs (baccalaureate, master of science, doctor of nursing, and doctor of philosophy). During summer 2003, the SON leadership team met numerous times in an iterative process to clarify assumptions and make recommendations in an attempt to cost out academic programs. Data were obtained from a variety of sources. The SON Office of Budget and Finance provided revenue and expense data. The Office of Academic Affairs provided course schedules, the course offering plan, and projected student enrollment in courses. The Division Chairs provided data concerning faculty workload and faculty areas of expertise. The data were compiled in Access tables and arrayed in a series of Excel spreadsheets that captured course data and faculty data. A \"what-if\" analysis was completed to determine cost of a pilot accelerated baccalaureate program. This method provides a dynamic analytic system shown to be prospectively and retrospectively effective. As a result of this analysis, the following metrics are available: direct cost per student per course/program; revenue per student per course/program; faculty teaching FTE; and faculty-to-student ratio.</p>","PeriodicalId":80103,"journal":{"name":"Nursing leadership forum","volume":"9 4","pages":"155-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25677959","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 the enrollment growth funding formula.","authors":"Phyllis N Horns","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Leadership changes in universities usually bring about philosophical and operational shifts within the institution. When these shifts involve resource allocation procedures, nursing programs are often highlighted because their costs appear great in comparison to traditional academic units. This was the exact situation at East Carolina University, a case history of which is presented here. Strategies for dealing constructively with this negative situation are outlined, as are lessons learned. A positive outcome required a thorough knowledge of funding processes, faculty involvement in generating solution alternatives, frequent and effective communication, and patience.</p>","PeriodicalId":80103,"journal":{"name":"Nursing leadership forum","volume":"9 4","pages":"137-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25677956","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":"Staff nurse retention. Laying the groundwork by listening.","authors":"Mickey L Parsons, Jana Stonestreet","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In response to critical staff shortages, the nursing leadership of a five-hospital system implemented a research program to create a health promoting organization that would support nurse retention. Since a health promoting organization supports each individual's participation in the decision-making process through communication and consensus-building, listening to the concerns of current nurse managers (Parsons & Stonestreet, 2003) and staff nurses was crucial for developing innovative retention strategies. This qualitative study utilized open-ended, data-generating questions in focus groups to elicit the issues staff nurses considered crucial to their continued employment. Consistent with findings in the literature, the quality of administrative management systems and relationships with physicians, nurse managers, peers, and administrators were essential factors for nurse retention in this system.</p>","PeriodicalId":80103,"journal":{"name":"Nursing leadership forum","volume":"8 3","pages":"107-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24532954","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":"Leadership: The RN clinical leader: one hospital's experience.","authors":"Laura J Caramanica, Joanne F Roy","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut made some important changes in redesigning its patient care delivery system with the development of a new role: the RN clinical leader. This role provides for RN accountabilities, such as mentoring, data management, evidence-based practice, and shared governance. This article describes the RN clinical leader and the education provided to nurses who assume this role. An evaluation process is underway to capture the impact of this new nursing role. The RN clinical leader is not part of a career ladder in the typical sense. It does, however, recognize nurses who possess additional competencies and want to take on greater responsibility to provide leadership while retaining their role at the bedside. Those competencies are obtained through a formal educational program with immediate application in the hospital itself.</p>","PeriodicalId":80103,"journal":{"name":"Nursing leadership forum","volume":"9 1","pages":"13-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24933264","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":"Mastery path for developing nurses for management: a conceptual model.","authors":"Gail E Russell, Kathleen B Scoble","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The demand for knowledgeable and skilled nurses in health care management positions highlights the importance of identifying management practices, competencies, and skills of effective managers. Once these attributes are identified, then approaches can be identified for developing nurses for these positions. This article describes a conceptual model, the Mastery Path for Developing Nurses for Management, that serves as a tool for the profession of nursing, health care organizations, and academic institutions to identify and educate nurses in the health care system.</p>","PeriodicalId":80103,"journal":{"name":"Nursing leadership forum","volume":"9 2","pages":"41-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25203212","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 process of becoming: from specialty practice to community-based nursing.","authors":"Beth Furlong, Aris Andrews","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article reports on the experience of the School of Nursing at Creighton University in cross-educating faculty to community-based nursing. In the late 1990's the Helene Fuld Health Trust recognized the importance of preparing nursing faculty for community-based nursing because of changing trends in the health care system. Placed in the historical context of the early beginnings of nursing practice in the community, this renewed emphasis led to seeking grant support from the Trust to strengthen the place of community-based nursing for faculty and students alike to be responsive to future changes in health care.</p>","PeriodicalId":80103,"journal":{"name":"Nursing leadership forum","volume":"8 4","pages":"146-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24771010","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}
Clarann Weinert, Kelly C Lotts, Charlene A Winters
{"title":"The Center for Research on Chronic Health Conditions: a strategy for enhancing rural nursing research.","authors":"Clarann Weinert, Kelly C Lotts, Charlene A Winters","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Conducting nursing research with rural populations is influenced by the multidimensional characteristics of rural dwellers, the rural environment, the paucity of nurse scientists prepared and supported to conduct rural research, and institutional constraints common to academic institutions serving rural communities. Collaboration across rural academic settings is therefore integral to the success of rural nursing science. The purpose of this article is to discuss the role of the Center for Research on Chronic Health Conditions in Rural Dwellers as a strategy for overcoming the challenges of conducting rural nursing research in the rural western mountain region of the United States.</p>","PeriodicalId":80103,"journal":{"name":"Nursing leadership forum","volume":"9 2","pages":"67-73"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25200597","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}