The Relationship between Collective Nursing Knowledge and Nurse Turnover: An Application of Nursing Intellectual Capital Theory

<p>The value of a healthcare organization is vested in the expertise, intellect, and wisdom of employees. Nursing knowledge resides both within the individual nurse and the collective knowledge embedded in organizational structures and practice environments. Healthcare organizations rely on their ability to utilize this knowledge to deliver high-quality care to patients. Hospitals wanting to gain a competitive advantage and achieve financial stability must be adept at acquiring, cultivating, and using the nursing knowledge stocks of the organization. When this knowledge can be utilized to mitigate healthcare issues and improve patients' health, this collective knowledge or intellectual capital is often the most critical organizational asset. Nursing intellectual capital is so vital because the work of professional nurses involves making critical life and death decisions. Like other intangible organizational assets, nursing knowledge is crucial to measure and manage to assist healthcare organizations in becoming high-performing entities. The purpose of this paper is to use a revised Nursing Intellectual Capital (NIC) Theory to evaluate the relationship between nursing intellectual capital and organizational performance, defined explicitly as nurse turnover. The revised NIC will be utilized to evaluate the relationship between quantitative measures of nursing intellectual capital and nurse turnover.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Nursing Science (DNS)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Nursing

Year dc:date.available

2021

Author dc:creator

• Russman-Chambers, Pamela

Contributors dc:contributor

• Richard Sowell
• Herman (Gene) Ray
• Nancy Ballard

• nursing knowledge
• knowledge
• nurse turnover organizational outcomes
• quality
• intellectual capital
• nursing intellectual capital
• Health Economics
• Health Services Research
• Nursing Administration
• Organization Development

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/dns_etd/12

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu:dns_etd-1013