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Assessing Nurse Manager Competencies In A Military Hospital, Ruby O. Anderson
Assessing Nurse Manager Competencies In A Military Hospital, Ruby O. Anderson
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Military health care organizations need competent frontline managers with knowledge and skills to manage health care complexity and ensure evidence-based practice. With systematic, planned turn over of military managers, more civilian managers are needed to fill permanent positions in military hospitals. The purpose of this project was to provide a better understanding of the competencies perceived by nurse managers at a military medical center and whether they differed by military or civilian status. The American Organization of Nurse Executives competency model and framework provided the theoretical framework for the project. The design was nonexperimental, with an observational, descriptive, cross-sectional approach. …
Strategies Ontario Hospital Administrators Apply To Generate Non-Government Revenue To Remain Sustainable, Frank Pieter Martien Naus
Strategies Ontario Hospital Administrators Apply To Generate Non-Government Revenue To Remain Sustainable, Frank Pieter Martien Naus
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Health care administrators in Ontario want to transform health care with a focus on improving efficiency and quality of care, yet they pay little attention to increasing revenue. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore strategies Ontario hospital administrators apply to generate nongovernment revenue to remain sustainable. The target study population consisted of 2 chief executive officers and 2 chief financial officers at Ontario academic research hospitals. The conceptual framework for this study included radical organizational change theory supported by complexity leadership theory, and grounded in an evidence-based approach. The researcher conducted open-ended semi-structured interviews and made …