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Management
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Motivate them, train them, care about them, and make winners out of them...they'll treat the customer's right. And if customers are treated right, they'll come back.
-- J. Marriott, Jr.
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As managers, we have the privilege of caring for our infants, families, and nursing staff. The opportunities are endless yet very challenging. Listed below are some resources that will help you lead your staff and impact many.
MSIGNet
- Your fellow Management SIG members-and their management expertise-are just an click away! Use MSIGNet, NANN's listserv devoted exclusively to Management SIG members, to ask a question, share some information, voice a concern. Your neonatal management peers are some of your best resources!
Texts
- Financial Management for Nurse Managers and Executives. Steven Finkler and Christine Kovner Good reference for assessing staffing levels and needs, budget planning, cost accounting, and strategic planning.
- Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results. Stephen Lunden, PHD, Harry Paul, and John Christensen.
- Who Moved My Cheese? An amazing way to deal with change in your work and in your life. Spencer Johnson and Ken Blanchard
- High Five! The Magic of Working Together. Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles.
- Guidelines for Perinatal Care, Fourth Edition. American Academy of Pediatrics.
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. Patrick Lenconi, Josey-Bass, 2002.
- If Disney Ran Your Hospital. Fred Lee, Second River Healthcare Press, 2004.
- The Baptist Health Care Journey to Excellence Al Stubblefield, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2005.
NANN Position Statements
Other Organizations
- Annie E. Casey Foundation (www.aecf.org) is a private charitable organization dedicated to helping build better futures for disadvantaged children in the United States.
- American Organization of Nurse Executives (www.aone.org). A national organization of nearly 4,000 nurses who design, facilitate, and manage care.
- Committee to Establish Recommended Standards for Newborn ICU Design (www.nd.edu/~kkolberg/DesignStandards.htm) Report of the Fifth Consensus Conference on Newborn ICU Design, endorsed by NANN (July 1, 2002)
- The Institute of Family Centered Care (www.familycenteredcare.org) serves as a central resource for policy makers, administrators, program planners, direct care providers, and educators for the purpose of advancing of family centered care.
- National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (www.nachri.org) is a not-for-profit membership organization that promotes the health and well being of children and their families through support of children's hospitals and health systems.
- Nursing Management Journal (www.springnet.com) offers a Web site containing links to many other resources.
Reference Materials
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