A model for politically astute planning and decision making.
The administrative role in both nursing service and education demands many political interfaces that encompass conflicts, negotiations, power struggles and on-going competition for scare resources. However, the skill required to deal effectively with those situations is a function of both career and organizational experiences. The model presented in this article is intended to provide nurse administrators with a framework for politically astute planning and decision making and avoidance of judgment faux pas.
D002017:Budgets; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003657:Decision Making; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009739:Nursing Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011057:Politics