title: Self-management for nurses.
abstract: Nurses at a 119-bed hospital in the southwestern United States successfully managed themselves for 5 years without head nurses. The authors describe the context for self-management, the initiation of the self-managed model, and the role and tasks of the self-managed nurse. A summary of self-management training and an operational retrospective summary of the program are given.
authors.affiliation: University of New Mexico.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jannotta
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maldonado
mesh_terms: D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000458:organization & administration; D016519:Hospitals, Religious / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D009516:New Mexico; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012189:Retrospective Studies