title: Developing self-scheduling in critical care.
abstract: Self-scheduling is a staffing method that delegates the control and the responsibility for generating a schedule to the staff nurses. This article focuses on what motivated the staff of a combined Cardiovascular Surgical Intensive Care and Stepdown Unit to implement self-scheduling and the improved job satisfaction that resulted.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: McCoy
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011340:Problem Solving; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D000078329:Workforce