Barginere Cynthia, Franco Samantha, Wallace Lynne
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Nurs Adm Q. 2013 Jan-Mar;37(1):67-71. doi: 10.1097/NAQ.0b013e31827857a7.
Succession planning is of strategic importance in any industry. It ensures the smooth transition from leader to leader and the ability of the organization to maintain the forward momentum as well as meet its operational and financial goals. Health care and nursing are no exception. In the complex and challenging world of health care today, leadership is critical to an organization's success and leadership succession is a key strategy used to ensure continuity of leadership and development of talent from within the organization. At Rush University Medical Center, a 667-bed academic medical center providing tertiary care to adults and children, the need for a focus on succession planning for the nursing leadership team is apparent as key leaders come to the end of their careers and consider retirement. It has become apparent that to secure the legacy and continue the extraordinary history of nursing excellence, care must be taken to grow talent from within and take the opportunity to leverage the mentoring opportunities before the retirement of many key leaders. To ensure a smooth leadership transition, nursing leadership and human resources partner at Rush University Medical Center to implement a systematic approach to leadership succession planning.
继任计划在任何行业都具有战略重要性。它确保了领导者之间的平稳过渡，以及组织保持前进动力并实现其运营和财务目标的能力。医疗保健和护理行业也不例外。在当今复杂且具有挑战性的医疗保健领域，领导力对于组织的成功至关重要，而领导权继任是确保领导力连续性和组织内部人才发展的关键策略。在拉什大学医学中心，这是一家拥有667张床位、为成人和儿童提供三级护理的学术医疗中心，随着关键领导者职业生涯接近尾声并考虑退休，显然有必要关注护理领导团队的继任计划。很明显，为了确保传承并延续护理卓越的非凡历史，必须从内部培养人才，并抓住机会在许多关键领导者退休前利用指导机会。为确保领导权顺利过渡，拉什大学医学中心的护理领导层与人力资源部门合作，实施了一种系统的领导权继任计划方法。
