title: The operating room. A complex challenge for the nursing administrator.
abstract: The authors of this article show why nursing administrators need to be familiar with the complex operating room (OR) environment. They describe the management milieu in this high revenue-producing area of the hospital, and offer helpful suggestions for solving or at least ameliorating a number of problems that challenge OR directors and administrators.
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel; D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D002140:California; D003142:Communication; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009871:Operating Room Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000458:organization & administration*