PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To describe hospital nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding complementary medicine (CM); to compare the knowledge and attitudes of nurse managers to staff nurses with diverse oncology experience; and to assess attitudes toward integrating CM into the role of the hospital oncology nurse. 
. DESIGN Descriptive, cross-sectional study.
. SETTING Rambam Health C...

Today’s nurse managers (NMs) are challenged to be visionary and innovative leaders who embrace change, manage diverse groups of employees, and address the complex demands of patients and families. Nurse managers need to be educated and knowledgeable on health care reform including the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, oversee multimillion dollar budgets, leverage technology, and champ...

This study's aim was to understand the role of nurse managers in the process of hospital accreditation.This qualitative case study was conducted in a large private hospital in Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. Five nurse managers were interviewed using a semi-structured script from April to May, 2011 and content analysis was used to interpret the data. Results show the strategic position of this prof...

BACKGROUND In The Netherlands, the state of emergency department (ED) crowding is unknown. Anecdotal evidence suggests that current ED patients experience a longer length of stay (LOS) compared to some years ago, which is indicative of ED crowding. However, no multicenter studies have been performed to quantify LOS and assess crowding at Dutch EDs. We performed this study to describe the curren...

organisation contin. ue to take its toll on many nurse managers the question arises: What of the future for nurse managers? Shrinking resources in real terms and attempts at introducing private contractors to run the support services means that the NHS we all know is about to undergo a transformation. So what does the future hold? Nurse managers will have less resources and an increased demand ...