title: Nursing diagnoses in a professional model of nursing: keystone for effective nursing administration.
abstract: While the benefits of nursing diagnoses in clinical practice have been well documented, reports of the advantages from a nursing administration viewpoint are scant. In this article, the author highlights how nursing diagnoses can be used as a leadership strategy to achieve a professional model of practice and to increase organizational effectiveness.
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D009742:Nursing Theory; D011364:Professional Practice; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012106:Research