title: Succession planning for RNs: implementing a nurse management internship.
abstract: The nursing shortage affects all levels, including the pivotal role of nurse managers, who may find themselves functioning in a complex, stressful work environment. In this increasingly difficult milieu, succession planning for nurse manager turnover is imperative. The authors describe an evidence-based, theoretically driven nurse management internship that allows staff nurses to explore the nurse manager role.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Research and Academic Partnerships, Memorial Medical Center, Springfield, Illinois 62781, USA. wendler.cecilia@mhsil.com
authors.forename: M Cecilia
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Wendler
authors.forename: Kristi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Olson-Sitki
authors.forename: Marsha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prater
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007397:Internship, Nonmedical; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000193:education / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D016730:Program Development