The DIRECTOR of NURSING SERVICE and Her Choice of Positions

Abstract

framework existing at the time of employment, she needs some standards by which to evaluate the working situation. A recent publication, Employment Guide for Directors of Nursing, was developed to assist one group of nurses to predict conditions which would govern their work in positions which they may be considering (2). Directors of nursing in modern hospitals carry great responsibility. When they accept such positions they assume the task of providing the quantity and quality of nursing service needed to carry out the purposes of the hospital. That responsibility extends to every patient and continues 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It requires judgment of a very high order to determine if, given one's own personal capacity, the possibilities of the local situation, and the necessary authority and finances, discharge of that responsibility is possible. Nurses risk their professional standing on such decision.