Abstract
Leaders are bombarded with healthy workplace articles and advice. This article outlines a strategy for laying the foundation for healthy patient care workplaces at the pivotal unit level. This process facilitates the nursing unit staff to create and implement a shared vision for staff working relationships. Fourteen acute care hospital units, all participants in a healthy workplace intervention, were selected for this analysis because they chose team behavioral norms as a top priority to begin to implement their vision for a desired future for their units, a healthy workplace. These units developed specific team behavioral norms for their expectations of each other. The findings revealed 3 major norm themes and attributes: norms for effective communication, positive attitude, and accountability. Attributes of each norm are described to assist nurses to positively influence their core unit work culture.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 213-218 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Critical Care Nursing Quarterly |
Volume | 30 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 1 2007 |
Keywords
- Action research
- Code of conduct
- Culture
- Empowerment
- Healthy workplace
- Magnet hospitals
- Participatory management
- Search conference
- Team behavioral norms
- Unit shared leadership
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Critical Care