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Shaping the cutting edge: strategy development for nurse managers

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Every nurse should have a vision. In my case it may be a world where health services always have enough money to spend, where the recognition of meeting needs with appropriate resources is top of the agenda. I have a vision of a world where being old is revered and where society has a positive view of mental health.

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Matthew, L. (1996). Shaping the cutting edge: strategy development for nurse managers. In: Matthew, L. (eds) Professional Care for the Elderly Mentally Ill. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3015-6_13

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