Administrator decisions: data are better than opinions

Nurse executives, in the current economic climate, may be requested to make decisions about resuming tasks that historically had been in the nursing domain but presently are done by other disciplines. Since these decisions shape nursing services in a variety of ways, support by non-nursing colleagues is important. This study reports a decision-making strategy that enhanced receptivity throughout the corporation. The strategy used a data base and involved non-nursing leadership persons in examining the issue.