Managing organizational stress in nursing

The strategic management of a nursing organization in a changing health care market creates pressure on nursing administrators and on their organizations. The effective management of organizational stress potentiates quality nursing care and reduces the costs related to stress and burnout. This article describes a two-tiered program designed to manage organizational stress. The first component focuses on educating nursing leadership about the nature and impact of organizational stress and how to minimize it. The second component is the instrument used to measure the perceived effectiveness of our interventions.