Features
26	*Privacy Isn't Just* About IT**
	*Leah Curtin, RN, ScD(h), FAAN*
	If we can prevent the worst of the abuses and provide a reasonable protection for most people most of the time, all of us—providers, researchers, payers, employers—can realize very considerable benefits from a uniform medical database.
30	Demand Management: A Methodology for Outcomes-Driven Staffing and Patient Flow Management
	Beth Pickard, BSN, and Michael Warner, PhD
	Demand management as a discipline focuses on measuring, predicting, and understanding demand for an institution's products and services and drives deployment of resources and management to ensure that demand is met in the way the consumer wants and needs it met.
36	A Buyer's Guide to Effective Management of External Staffing Companies
	*Franklin A. Shaffer, RN, EdD, FAAN*
	The purpose of this article is to explore the many opportunities and pitfalls of developing a strategic partnership with your staffing vendor of choice.
42	Discovering Nursing Excellence Through Appreciative Inquiry
	*Karen Stefaniak, RN, PhD*
	Appreciative inquiry searches for the good in individuals, systems, and organizations with a positive attitude to liberate the imagination and creativity.
48	The Development and Challenges of an International Nursing Workforce
	*Catherine Garner, DrPH, RN, FAAN*
	The experiences of an international university for nurses may be instructive in developing assessment tools and support tools for the enhancement of communication in health facilities that are welcoming foreign nursing graduates.
52	Pioneers in Patient Flow Improvement: Combining People, Processes, and Technology
	*Victoria Rich, PhD, Patricia Garcia Sullivan, PhD, and Ann Kirby, MS*
	Whatever the specific impetus, patient flow and capacity issues typically come into focus when hospitals are experiencing significant operational challenges.
Cover
12	LEADER TO WATCH
	Kim Richards, RN
	Jim Cato, RN, CRNA, MHS, MSN, CPEHR
Columns
6	Editorial
	Each Nurse as Leader
	Roxane Spitzer, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN
8	Lessons Learned
	Am I a Good Boss?
	Katherine Vestal, RN, PhD, FAAN, FACHE
10	The Coaching Forum
	Leading with Accuracy
	Catherine Robinson-Walker, MBA, MCC
American Organization of Nurse Executives
17	American Organization of Nurse Executives 2006 Survey on Nursing and Information Technology