O ver the past decade, physicians working in hospitals have seen the role of the head nurse
change to that of nurse manager. This is much more than just a new title: the nurse manager …

This article was written in order to summarize the issues which must be considered by
nursing administrators as the new nurse manager role is implemented and optimized. The …

FREQUENTLY CITED crite-riom for the selection of head nurses and supervisors is that they
be good bedside nurses and good staff nurses. When staff nurses and other health care …

Hospitals in Canada and indeed throughout the world are in the midst of significant and
even dramatic change. The impact of these changes on the role of the nurse manager is just …

The author analyzes the unique position of the head nurse in management. Since the head
nurse fills the juncture between administration and staff, she needs expertise in both clinical …

ANA's executive secretary. Page 1 rather than clinical experts. ANA's executive secretary.
Judith G. Whiaker T" cıANcı No: Roi. E of the pro- fessional nurse in the hospital is receiving …

Tension between hospital managers and physicians is at an all-time high. This article builds
on a previous work on the culture of managers and physicians and suggests that nurses can …

An important shift is taking place in the nursing area, where the old" head nurse" position is
giving way to a new phenomenon--the nurse manager, an individual whose responsibility …

Manthey: I recently studied nurse executive roles and concluded that nursing leadership
was going to have to come from some group other than hospital nurse executives. It is no …

Mrs. Ganong is a graduate of the St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing, New York City. She
earned her BS degree in Education at Hunter College, New York City, and her MS degree in …