title: Primary care groups: nurses on the board.
abstract: This article describes what happened in one region of England where 59 nurses who had put themselves forward were short-listed for appointment to 12 primary care groups. It identifies the leadership and motivational factors of those nurses and takes a retrospective view of the selection processes involved in appointing nurses to PCG boards in the region.
authors.affiliation: Clevedon Health Centre, North Somerset.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Santry
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004739:England; D005194:Family Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007586:Job Application; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology*; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000379:methods*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires