title: Out of entitlement. A nursing organization's journey.
abstract: The authors describe a major reorganization that took place in an 850-bed academic teaching hospital in the southwestern United States. This reorganization facilitated a paradigm shift and the journey from a deeply entrenched attitude of "entitlement" to one of earning.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital, University of Texas, Medical Branch Hospitals, Galveston.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gamble
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Kee
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002322:Career Mobility; D005239:Fear; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology* / Q000592:standards; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000379:methods; D012201:Reward; D015206:Southwestern United States