A hospital is working toward becoming a Magnet™ hospital. The chief nursing officer is aware that professional nursing departments of the future will:
a. Not be directed by nurses.
b. Be virtual organizations.
c. Be designed to maintain nursing standards of practice.
d. Be entitled to have client care departments.
ANS: C
Hospitals that are successful in recruiting and retaining nurses have found that the major contributing characteristic to success is a nursing department that is structured to provide nurses the opportunity to be accountable for their own practice. Accountability is guided by nursing standards of practice and thus, successful nursing departments emphasize maintenance of these standards.
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