title: Successful consulting relationships: the nurse executive and the consultant.
abstract: As hospitals today are faced with numerous health care reform challenges, many are seeking the expertise of consulting organizations to help them achieve institutional objectives. The successful relationship between the nurse executive and the consultant is essential to the organization's ability to achieve defined institutional goals. The nurse executive and the consultant have specific roles to play and also share some common roles.
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Formella
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Smeltzer
mesh_terms: D003253:Consultants / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007587:Job Description; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000523:psychology*; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000523:psychology*; D012380:Role