The nurse as professnocrat.
One of the greatest difficulties in being a nurse in the 1990s is maintaining excellent care in the face of economic constraints. This article explores how organizations (including hospitals), which originated as bureaucracies, need to change their format. Nurses can have great impact on organizations as they serve as "Professnocrats" who understand that professional goals and bureaucratic goals can be integrated in health care organizations of the future.
Nyberg
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D003363:Cost Control; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D004645:Empathy; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses; D015279:Organizational Culture; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012380:Role; D012945:Social Values