title: Nurse manager orientation: guidelines to meet the challenge of a rapidly changing role.
abstract: A management development program at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore addresses the competency needs of 68 nurse managers. Orientation of new nurse managers is a significant component of the program. The orientation is based on performance standards and identification of organizational resources and opportunities to assist the managers to meet the standards. A convenience sample of 10 nurse managers, assistant directors, and directors of nursing reviewed the program 1 year after implementation and found it had improved the quality of orientation by providing structure and organization. The model can be applied to other institutions and practice roles.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ziegfeld
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Matlin
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Earsing
mesh_terms: D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007587:Job Description; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000193:education*; D015397:Program Evaluation