title: The role of the professional nurse. A report from the Task Force of the Department of Nursing at the Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec.
abstract: In order to deal with the nursing shortage the Department of Nursing at the Montreal General Hospital commissioned a series of task forces to study recruitment and retention issues and to develop recommendations for the department. Welcoming the involvement of nurses at all levels in the organization, the task forces became a method of developing objectives and strategies to foster decentralized decision-making and professional practice, to organize care efficiently and effectively and to market nursing. This article examines the work of the Task Force on the Professional Role of the nurse. Background information on the development of the task forces, a description of current behaviours of nurses, a vision of the future role and recommendations for the support required to develop the role are included.
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authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000592:standards* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000379:methods; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000592:standards*; D011367:Professional Staff Committees; D011792:Quebec