Nurse Leader
Volume 7, Issue 6 , Page 46 , December 2009

Optimizing Nurse Manager Span of Control

  • Nancy New, MS, MBA, RN, CENP

      Affiliations

    • Nancy New, MS, MBA, CENP, is the nursing director for the VCU Health System in Richmond, Virginia.

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PII: S1541-4612(09)00124-4

doi: 10.1016/j.mnl.2009.05.003

Nurse Leader
Volume 7, Issue 6 , Page 46 , December 2009