title: Using financial metrics to prove and communicate value to management. Occupational health nurses as key players on the management team.
abstract: Successfully communicating value to management starts by gaining visibility and by knowing what management wants to hear. Communicating budget information, including cost savings and time value of money, is an essential skill for the occupational health nurse. The occupational health nurse must be able to speak the language of business to make a meaningful impact in the 21st century work environment.
authors.affiliation: Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: Jerrold W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Gregory
authors.forename: Eileen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lukes
authors.forename: Carolyn A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Gregory
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets; D003142:Communication; D017046:Cost Savings; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006801:Humans; D007324:Institutional Management Teams / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009785:Occupational Health Nursing / Q000191:economics*; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D009937:Organizational Objectives / Q000191:economics