Nursing NUR402 Lecture 19: LNM19
26 Apr 2016
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Leadership ch 2: philosophy of nursing service management. A mission statement is a broad general goal of an organization that describes its purpose in the community. The mission statement of a small community hospital may indicate that its purpose is to serve the health care needs of the immediate community and provide care for commonly occurring illnesses. A large university hospital may have a mission statement that encompasses research, teaching and care for complex problems. These two organizations will establish different priorities for spending, choose different technologies as essential to their missions, and structure their staff in different ways. These mission statements provide the overall umbrella under which all functions of the organization take place. In addition to or even in place of a mission statement a general statement of philosophy may be used. The philosophy is typically longer and more detailed. Organizational philosophy is its explicit and implied view of itself and what it is.
