title: Nurse managers' management direction and role over time.
abstract: This study illuminates how 27 nurse managers experienced management direction and roles over a time period of three years. Fourteen of the nurse managers worked full-time in management positions during the time, while 13 during the same time completed a professional development course in advanced nursing at master-degree level. Two main directions were identified. One focused on management from the perspective of power and power transference, and the other focused on management from the perspective of theoretical knowledge related to nursing development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lindholm
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Udén
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000193:education; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011340:Problem Solving; D013548:Sweden; D013997:Time Factors