Improving the nursing climate for cost containment.
What steps can you take to create an organizational climate conducive to implementing cost containment activities? One hospital's solution was to broaden the role of its nurse managers, strengthen unit level problem solving, and more creatively use existing resources. The authors relate the specific elements and benefits of each approach.
D000288:Administrative Personnel; D003363:Cost Control; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009922:Oregon; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011340:Problem Solving; D011445:Prospective Payment System; D013041:Specialties, Nursing