The challenges that head nurses confront on financial management today: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To explore challenges that Chinese head nurses confront on financial management from the perspective of different levels of nursing and non-nursing managers and to provide contemporary nurse managers with suitable supports.

Methods

Eighteen nursing leaders in different levels were divided into two groups: Junior Leadership Group (head nurses) and Senior Leadership Group (nurse coordinator, nurse executive, and vice-president of the hospital). All the subjects were invited to participate in a semi-structured interview. The interviews were audio-taped and transcribed, and data were analyzed using a comparative content approach.

Results

The four following challenges that head nurses confront on financial management practice were identified from the research findings:

SUBMITTER: Bai Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6626139 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature