title: Organizational culture and climate for promoting innovativeness.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study is to explore the experiences of nurse leaders and nurses in a hospital whose patient care mission was stated as innovation.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Nurses are critically positioned to provide creative and innovative solutions that make a difference in the lives of patients, organizations, communities, and the profession.
  
  
  METHODS
  This 2-phase qualitative study used a content analysis and thematic analysis approach to describe experiences and to generate a beginning conceptual framework of the experience.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results from phase 1 and phase 2 of this study demonstrate that innovativeness in nursing is a multifaceted phenomenon consisting of workplace antecedents followed by a social process.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nursing innovation requires organizational commitment to allow employees to inquire and question organizational practices and issues on behalf of the mission, patient care, and nursing practice.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliation: Assistant Professor (Clinical) and MSN/CNL Program Coordinator, College of Nursing, The University of Iowa.
authors.forename: M Lindell
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Joseph
mesh_terms: D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007484:Iowa; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace / Q000458:organization & administration*