title: Retrenchment. How nurse executives cope.
abstract: Changing economic, technicologic, and political conditions have created the need for readjustments in the number of nursing personnel employed by hospitals. The authors examined how nurse executives conducted themselves and managed their personnel during layoffs.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008875:Middle Aged; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000523:psychology*; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010559:Personnel Management; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011641:Public Relations; D012944:Social Support; D014481:United States