title: The role of the corporate nurse executive: providing balance and perspective for patient care and the corporate structure.
abstract: The nurse executive at the corporate level is in a pivotal position to provide balance between the provision of integrated patient care and success of the corporate mission. In this role, the nurse executive shifts the spotlight from a solely nursing perspective to the systems approach in support of patient care. The response that follows is often a redoubling of the efforts of health care providers to render more efficient and cohesive care to patients. In the end, success is an outgrowth of strong teamwork combined with the ability of the executive to connect the corporate business strategy with the provision of patient care wherever it is delivered.
authors.forename: A Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Ameigh
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012423:Rural Health