THE NURSE MANAGER ROLE AS PERCEIVED BY THE NURSE MANAGER, THE SUPERVISOR, AND STAFF NURSES.
Contributors: University of Missouri--Columbia.
Published: 1992
Number of pages: 111
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Business Administration, Management.; Psychology, Behavioral.
Description: Purpose. The purpose of this study was to describe the role of the nurse manager as perceived by the nurse manager, the supervisor, and staff nurses.

Procedure. Data were collected from a purposive national population of 446 nurse managers, 446 supervisors, and 446 staff nurses from 223 hospitals. These registered nurses in the population were asked to rank their perception of the nurse manager role as outlined by Mintzberg's 10 function model using the Johnson, Forrest, and Mosher tool. Means of the raw scores were computed for the different roles of the nurse manager. The means were then ranked to describe the perception of the nurse manager role in relation to current importance, time consumption, and future importance by the nurse manager, the supervisor, and staff nurses.

Findings. The nurse managers, the supervisors, and the staff nurses have described the role of the nurse manager. The leader function was ranked by all three members of the role set as the most time consuming, as well as being the most important. The entrepreneur function was ranked as the second most time consuming and important function. The other functions of the nurse manager role were ranked differently by different members of the role set as they relate to time consumed and importance. The four least important functions of the nurse manager role were ranked alike by the nurse manager, the supervisor, and staff nurses as they relate to future importance: disseminator (7), disturbance handler (8), spokesman (9), and figurehead (10). The other roles were ranked differently.

Conclusions. The nurse manager, the supervisor, and staff nurses ranked some of the nurse manager roles alike and ranked some of the roles differently.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 53-11, Section: B, page: 5643.

Thesis (PH.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - COLUMBIA, 1992.

School code: 0133.