title: Pay for performance: motivating the chief nurse executive.
abstract: A recent membership survey of the Association of Nurse Executives indicates that an increasing number of nurse executives are receiving bonus compensation based upon the criteria of budget performance, patient satisfaction, and relations with physicians and nurses.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Bart
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004526:Efficiency; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000191:economics* / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States