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Reorganization of a Nursing Unit

TO: ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEEì

FROM: COORDINATOR, PRODUCTIVITY TEAMì

SUBJECT: REORGANIZATION OF THE POSTPARTUM NURSING UNIT

Pursuant to your request that this team evaluate the ì

organizational structure of units within the hospital to ì

recommend actions that will lead to improvements in productivity, ì

the findings of the examination of the Postpartum Nursing Unit is ì

submitted in this memorandum. The essence of the recommended ì

structural change in the unit is the pairing of personnel in job ì

Productivity has declined in the Postpartum Nursing Unit ì

over the past three years. A major causal factor in this decline ì

has been a deterioration in the level of job satisfaction among ì

the professional staff that in turn stemmed from professional ì

personnel shortages. Professional personnel shortages, together ì

with the stresses associated with the contemporary practice of ì

nursing, leads to an increase in the rate of burn-out among ì

1P. Brenner, and J. Wrubel, "Caring Comes First, American ì

Journal of Nursing, (1988): 1072-1075.

ä  Burn-out, in turn, is a crucial factor in ì

the development of performance impairment among professional ì

nurses. Burn-out is a relatively common phenomenon in many ì

fields of endeavor; however, it is particularly acute in the ì

nursing practice. Burn-out, together with the actions of ì

personnel before this point is reached, lead to high rates of ì

personnel turnover, decreased levels of productivity, and ì

declining quality levels in duty performance. These factors 

= 1 á2  a- ìècause severe managerial problems for health care delivery ì

institutions, increased patient risk, and significant disruptions ì

in the lives of the professional nurses involved. Burnout leads ì

to additional defections from the profession, and fu...

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