title: Building an empowered work team.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vanriper
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cprek
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wurster
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Holton
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kotsones
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Maksym
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: 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*