title: Managing multiple generations: scenarios from the workplace.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The current nursing workforce is composed of multigenerational staff members creating challenges and at times conflict for managers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Generational cohorts are defined and two multigenerational scenarios are presented and discussed using the ACORN imperatives and Hahn's Five Managerial Strategies for effectively managing a multigenerational staff.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Communication and respect are the underlying key strategies to understanding and bridging the generational gap in the workplace.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Embracing and respecting generational differences can bring strength and cohesiveness to nursing teams on the managerial or unit level.
authors.affiliation: George Washington University, School of Nursing, Washington, DC, USA. sonjah@gwumc.edu
authors.forename: Joyce A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hahn
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007857:Leadership; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D060756:Social Networking