title: Nursing and administration: a synthesis model.
abstract: The position taken in this article is that nursing administrative practice is a synthesis of knowledge and skills from the two major fields of study, nursing and administration. This synthesis is unique, needs further explication, and differs from a simple combination of content from two separate fields. Expanded study of nursing is an essential component of graduate programs in nursing administration and embraces both discipline and practice considerations. It proceeds from the perspective of clients as pluralities and organizations and systems as appropriate units of analysis. Nurses in executive positions, operating from an expanded knowledge base, have an opportunity to empower nursing and exert substantial influence on the nature and direction of health care. Concurrently they can empower other members of the executive team through development of creative patterns of interdependence as the organization pursues the goal of high-quality, evenly distributed, cost-effective patient care.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Blair
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009739:Nursing Services / Q000458:organization & administration*