title: What perioperative and emerging workforce nurses want in a manager.
abstract: The world is experiencing a critical shortage of RNs. As the number of nurses decreases, it is unclear how already vulnerable specialty areas, such as perioperative nursing, will be affected by the emerging workforce's career decisions. This descriptive, comparative study explores perioperative nurses' and nursing students' perceptions of the top 10 characteristics desired in a manager. Even with 70% congruency, significant differences were found in how nurses and students ranked the traits they valued. This study highlights the traits managers need to transform new graduate nurses into satisfied, productive members of the perioperative team.
authors.affiliation: Harris County Hospital District, Houston, USA.
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: K Lynn
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Wieck
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Warner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000523:psychology* / Q000592:standards; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce