The 6 articles in this OJIN topic, elaborate on the essential elements of and strategies to create healthy work environments. Readers have a unique opportunity to learn, at the strategic planning level, both tactics for implementation of healthy work environments and effective mechanisms for evaluation.
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Articles
- Using Maslow’s Pyramid and the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators™ to Attain a Healthier Work Environment
Lisa Groff-Paris, DNP, RNC-OB, C-EFM; Mary Terhaar, DSNc, RN (December 7, 2010) - Growing Future Nurse Leaders to Build and Sustain Healthy Work Environments at the Unit Level
Rose Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, CNL; Elizabeth Pross, PhD, RN (January 31, 2010) - Strategies for Enhancing Autonomy and Control Over Nursing Practice
Marla J. Weston, PhD, RN (January 31, 2010) - A Healthy Work Environment: It Begins With You
Betty Kupperschmidt, EdD, RN, NEA, BC; Emma Kientz, MS, BS, CNS, CNE; Jackye Ward, MSHRM, RN, CNAA-BC; Becky Reinholz, MS, RN (January 31, 2010) - The Complex Work of RNs: Implications for Healthy Work Environments
Patricia R. Ebright, RN, DNS, CNS (January 31, 2010) - Combating Disruptive Behaviors: Strategies to Promote a Healthy Work Environment
Joy Longo, DNS, RNC-NIC (January 31, 2010) - Healthy Nursing Academic Work Environments
Marilyn S. Brady, PhD, RN (January 31, 2010)
General Letters to the Editor