Building an empowered work team.
A work team taps into each member's unique talents, which allows valuable skills to be shared across medical units. As a result, continuous quality improvement efforts were more objective and systematic; leadership skills were gained, both individually and jointly. The obstacles encountered, stakeholders' responses and the team's productivity analysis are described.
Vanriper
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Cprek
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Thompson
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Wurster
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Holton
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Kotsones
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Maksym
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Schmidt
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D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011209:Power, Psychological; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*