title: Creating a future worth experiencing: nursing strategic planning in an integrated healthcare delivery system.
abstract: The application of a strategic planning methodology for the discipline of nursing is described in use by a large, nonprofit integrated healthcare system. The methodology uses a transformational leadership assessment tool, quality planning methods, and large group intervention to engage nurses in the implementation of strategies. Based on systems theory, the methodology outlined by the author has application at any level in an organization, from an entire delivery network, to a patient care unit. The author discusses getting started on a strategic planning journey, tools that are useful in the process, integrating already existing business plans into the strategies for nursing, preliminary measures to monitor progress, and lessons learned along the journey.
authors.affiliation: Inova Health System, Falls Church, Va., USA. karen.drenkard@inova.com
authors.forename: K N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Drenkard
mesh_terms: D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005544:Forecasting; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014768:Virginia