title: [Improving job morale of nurses despite insurance cost control. 1: Organization assessment].
abstract: Faced with declining resources for health care and greater pressures to improve productivity of nursing staff, nursing administrators must act now to develop organizational responses to morale problems among nursing staff. As part of a two-part series for JONA, the authors describe low-cost organizational approaches that address nursing morale. Presented in Part 1 is a low-cost diagnostic process for assessing needs of staff and appraising organizational dimensions contributing to morale. Assessment findings provide clear direction for developing organizational approaches for improving morale.
authors.affiliation: UniversitätsSpital Zürich, Rämistr. 100, (SON 6), CH-8091 Zürich. rosemarie.voelkle@usz.ch
authors.forename: Mary Ann
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Haw
authors.forename: Eleanor G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Claus
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Durbin-Lafferty
authors.forename: Sharon M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Iversen
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000639:trends*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009013:Morale; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics*; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010557:Personnel Administration, Hospital / Q000379:methods; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires