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Staff nurse performance. Effects of goal-setting and performance feedback. 1986

M K Stull

Goal-setting and performance feedback have motivated improved performance in various occupational groups for over 30 years. During the current time of staffing cutbacks and increased patient acuity, the nurse administrator has growing concern for the morale of the nursing staff. In this study, goal-setting and performance feedback, used in conjunction with a performance appraisal session, were successful in improving the performance of staff nurses. The author outlines the implications for head nurse training.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007318	Inservice Training	On the job training programs for personnel carried out within an institution or agency. It includes orientation programs.	Employee Orientation Programs,Orientation Programs, Employee,On-the-Job Training,Training, Inservice,Employee Orientation Program,On the Job Training,Orientation Program, Employee,Program, Employee Orientation,Programs, Employee Orientation,Training, On-the-Job
D009741	Nursing Staff, Hospital	Personnel who provide nursing service to patients in a hospital.	Hospital Nursing Staff,Hospital Nursing Staffs,Nursing Staffs, Hospital,Staff, Hospital Nursing,Staffs, Hospital Nursing
D009745	Nursing, Supervisory	Administration of nursing services for one or more clinical units.	Charge Nurses,Head Nurses,Nurses, Head,Supervisory Nursing,Charge Nurse,Head Nurse,Nurse, Charge,Nurse, Head,Nurses, Charge
D010559	Personnel Management	Planning, organizing, and administering all activities related to personnel.	Client-Staff Ratio,Client Staff Ratio,Client-Staff Ratios,Management, Personnel,Ratio, Client-Staff,Ratios, Client-Staff
D004650	Employee Performance Appraisal	The assessment of the functioning of an employee in relation to work.	Nurses Performance Evaluation,Performance Appraisal, Employee,Family Planning Personnel Evaluation,Appraisal, Employee Performance,Appraisals, Employee Performance,Employee Performance Appraisals,Evaluation, Nurses Performance,Evaluations, Nurses Performance,Nurses Performance Evaluations,Performance Appraisals, Employee,Performance Evaluation, Nurses,Performance Evaluations, Nurses
D005246	Feedback	A mechanism of communication within a system in that the input signal generates an output response which returns to influence the continued activity or productivity of that system.	Feedbacks
D006040	Goals	The end-result or objective, which may be specified or required in advance.	Goal
D006746	Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over	The number of beds 500 or more which a hospital has been designed and constructed to contain. It may also refer to the number of beds set up and staffed for use.	Hospital Bed Capacity 500 Over
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults