Background: This study provides empirical evidence of the relationships among learning organization, internal marketing, and organizational commitment. Internal marketing assists hospital administrators in improving the quality of service provided by nursing staff to their patients and allows hospitals to build a learning culture and enhance the organizational commitment of its nursing staff. M...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to describe nurse managers' perceptions of the use of electronic information systems in their daily work. Several kinds of software are used for administrative and information management purposes in health care organizations, but the issue has been studied less from nurse managers' perspective. METHODS The material for this qualitative study was acquired a...

AIM To investigate important case management goals and key influences on the achievement of the goals in community aged care practice from the perspectives of case managers in Australia. METHODS We surveyed 154 case managers, representing 17.1% of the target population in the State of Victoria, Australia. The key information collected was case managers' characteristics and their selections of...

AIM To report a literature study of leadership for learning in clinical practice in the United Kingdom. Background Previous research in the United Kingdom showed that the ward sister was central to creating a positive learning environment for student nurses. Since the 1990s, the ward mentor has emerged as the key to student nurses' learning in the United Kingdom. METHODS A literature study of...

BACKGROUND Old methods of administrating can't cover the rapid changes of today. These changes redounded new organizations like learning organizations to be formed. The purpose of this research was to study the relationship between learning organization and organizational commitment among nursing managers. METHODS This was a descriptive analytic survey. The population of study included 90 nur...

BACKGROUND In-service training of nursing personnel has a significant role in increasing the empowerment of nurses and promotion of the quality of health services. The objective of this study is to identify and explain the process of in-service training of nursing personnel in the hospitals affiliated with Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences in Tehran. MATERIALS AND METHODS The presen...

abstract background: in‑service training of nursing personnel has a significant role in increasing the empowerment of nurses and promotion of the quality of health services. the objective of this study is to identify and explain the process of in-service training of nursing personnel in the hospitals affiliated with baqiyatallah university of medical sciences in tehran. materials and methods: t...

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 article focuses on a study conducted with the purpose of exploring and describing the organisational climate as a cause of job dissatisfaction among nursing staff in selected hospitals within the Mpumalanga Province. The major objectives were to determine what organisational climate encompasses; ascertain which factors related to organisational climate can cause dissatisfaction among nurse...