Administrator decisions: data are better than opinions.

Area of Science:

• Healthcare Management
• Nursing Administration
• Organizational Behavior

Background:

• Economic pressures necessitate nurse executives reassessing task delegation.
• Historically nursing tasks are now performed by other disciplines.
• Reintegrating tasks requires interdisciplinary support.

Purpose of the Study:

• To report a decision-making strategy for task reintegration.
• To enhance receptivity for nursing task resumption across an organization.
• To support nurse executives in economic decision-making.

Main Methods:

• Utilized a data-driven decision-making strategy.
• Involved non-nursing leadership in issue examination.
• Focused on enhancing corporate-wide receptivity.

Main Results:

• The strategy successfully enhanced receptivity throughout the corporation.
• Data-based decision-making facilitated interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Non-nursing leadership engagement was key to acceptance.

Conclusions:

• A data-informed strategy involving non-nursing leaders is effective for task reintegration.
• This approach supports nursing services and nurse executives.
• Interdisciplinary collaboration is crucial for organizational change.