Nursing Management

To drive system strategy and compensate nurses for their contributions to patient outcomes and quality metrics, a large healthcare system in Texas designed and implemented a new pay program to reward nursing staff.

A health system used design thinking to capture and translate their collective thoughts, values, and aspirations for nursing practice reflected in visual image designs of their professional practice model, care delivery model, and professional shared governance structure.

This exploratory study examined nurses' experiences of menopause in relation to their caregiving abilities in an acute care setting. Menopause symptoms resulted in nurse performance issues, absenteeism, and contemplation of role changes. Interventions may help retain experienced nurses in the workforce.

Working to ensure that patients and staff get safely through evening, night, and weekend shifts, a key role of the administrative supervisor is to manage crises and deal with unexpected emergencies. In this article, four administrative supervisors share a challenging or unusual situation and their response.