Nurse Leader
Volume 4, Issue 6 , Pages 52-55 , December 2006

Team of Eagles: The power of metaphor in transformation

  • Val Gokenbach, RN, MBA, CNA, PhD(C)

      Affiliations

    • Val Gokenbach, RN, MBA, CNA, PhD(c), is the Administrative Director and Chief Nurse Executive for William Beaumont Hospital in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.

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PII: S1541-4612(06)00301-6

doi: 10.1016/j.mnl.2006.10.001

Nurse Leader
Volume 4, Issue 6 , Pages 52-55 , December 2006