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R Snyder-Halpern

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Developing clinical practice environments supporting the knowledge work of nurses.

Registered nurses represent the largest group of healthcare knowledge workers. They accomplish their knowledge work by engaging in the roles of data gatherer, information user, knowledge user, and knowledge builder. To successfully implement these roles, nurses rely on healthcare settings to provide supportive clinical practice environments that recognize their information and knowledge management needs. The authors describe the various knowledge-worker roles, delineate computerized mechanisms that can support these roles, and examine the ability of current healthcare settings to provide an environment conducive to successful knowledge-worker role performance. The article concludes with specific recommendations for development of clinical practice environments supportive of nurses' knowledge work.

Decision Making, Computer-Assisted↗

Performance-based staff development. A baseline for clinical competence.

Changes in health-care financing, complex technological advancements, and an expanding nursing knowledge base have made it increasingly difficult for health care educators to assess and enhance the development of professional nurses. Using a set of objective evaluation methods and tools, educators assessed the competency of novice and experienced staff. This information identified learning and practice needs that formed the bases for individualized orientation and clinical educational programs.

Clinical Competence↗

A framework for the development of nurse manager negotiation skills.

Effective negotiation skills have been identified as an essential component of the nurse manager role. Application of the negotiation process in today's dynamic and competitive health care environment is frequently difficult and stressful for the novice nurse manager. The authors describe a Conceptual Model for Negotiation that can be used as a management development framework for the novice nurse manager.

Conflict, Psychological↗

Health services organizations computer innovation. Ready or not?

Health services organizations (HSOs) have expanded into increasingly integrated delivery systems requiring more sophisticated health information systems (HISs) to support decision making. Computer innovations are required in most HSOs to support these HISs. Health services organizations decision makers are faced with many complex decisions during the computer innovation process. One of their most important decisions is judging HSO innovation readiness. Accurate judgments about HSO innovation readiness will have a direct impact on how successful decision makers are as computer innovators.

Automation↗