Creating an environment for positive patient outcomes: an interview with Beverly Malone. Interview by Karen E. Schardin.

With health care reform initiatives sweeping America, nurses must now more than ever strive to create environments to enhance positive patient outcomes. In this interview, Beverly Malone, PhD, RN, FAAN, dean of the School of Nursing at North Carolina A & T State University in Greensboro, NC, describes nurses' roles in today's managed care climate. Dr. Malone, who will deliver the keynote address at ANNA's 26th National Symposium on June 10 in Philadelphia, discusses future recruitment of students, minority issues, transforming the nursing work force, validating nursing's worth, and the future of nursing.