Hospital restructuring and nursing leadership: A journey from research question to research program

Nursing Administration Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 321-329

  Cummings, Greta G ^a,b,c,d  

^a CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

^c CLEAR (Connecting Leadership Education and Research) Outcomes Research Program   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Impact on staff nurses; Leadership; Restructuring

Indexed keywords

CANADA; COOPERATION; COST CONTROL; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALBERTA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COST CONTROL; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITAL RESTRUCTURING; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PERSONNEL DOWNSIZING; PRIMARY NURSING CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33750595675     PISSN: 03639568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006216-200610000-00004     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (16)

1. Norrish BR, Rundall TG. Hospital restructuring and the work of registered nurses. Milbank Q. 2001;79:55-79.
2. Andrews HA, Cook LM, Davidson JM, Schurman DP, Taylor EW, Wensel RH. Organizational Transformation in Health Care: A Work in Progress. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers; 1994.
3. Maurier WL, Northcott HC. Job uncertainty and health status for nurses during restructuring of health care in Alberta. West J Nurs Res. 2000;22:623-641.
4. Giovannetti P, Estabrooks CA, Hesketh KL. Alberta Nurse Survey Final Report. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: University of Alberta, Faculty of Nursing; 2002. Report No. 01-02-TR.
5. Aiken LH, Clarke SP, Sloane DM, et al. Nurses' reports on hospital care in five countries. Health Aff (Millwood). 2001;20:43-53.
6. Sochalski J, Aiken LH, Rafferty AM, et al. Building multinational research. Reflections. 1998;24:20-23.
7. Aiken LH, Patrician PA. Measuring organizational traits of hospitals: the Revised Nursing Work Index. Nurs Res. 2000;49:146-153.
8. Lake ET. Development of the practice environment scale of the Nursing Work Index. Res Nurs Health. 2002;25:176-188.
9. Estabrooks CA, Tourangeau AE, Humphrey CK, et al. Measuring the hospital practice environment: a Canadian context. Res Nurs Health. 2002;25(4):256-268.
10. Goleman D, Boyatzis R, McKee A. The New Leaders: Transforming the Art of Leadership Into the Science of Results. London, England: Little, Brown; 2002.
11. Cummings GG, Estabrooks CA. The effects of hospital restructuring including layoffs on nurses who remained employed: a systematic review of impact. Int J Sociol Soc Policy. 2003;23:8-53.
12. Cummings GG, Hayduk L, Estabrooks CA. Is the Nursing Work Index measuring up: moving beyond estimating reliability to testing validity. Nurs Res. 2006;55:82-93.
13. Cummings G, Hayduk L, Estabrooks C. Mitigating the impact of hospital restructuring on nurses: the responsibility of emotionally intelligent leadership. Nurs Res. 2005;54:1-11.
14. Cummings GG. Investing relational energy: the hallmark of resonant leadership. Can J Nurs Leadersh. 2004;17:76-87.
15. Peplau H. Peplau's theory of interpersonal relations. Nurs Sci Q. 1997;10:162-167.
16. Trochim W. Research Methods Knowledge Base. 2002. Available at: http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/kb/measval.htm. Accessed July 6, 2003.