Exploring correlation of nurse manager meaning and joy in work with employee engagement.

Aim: To determine the correlation between meaning and joy in work among managers with employee engagement.

Background: The Institute of Healthcare Improvement and the National Patient Safety Foundation both recognize the link between joy and meaning in work and an optimally performing healthcare system. The relationship between manager joy and employee engagement is unknown.

Assessing RN-to-RN peer review on clinical units.

Aim: The primary purpose of this study was to measure informal registered nurse (RN)-to-RN peer review (defined as collegial communication about the quality of nursing care) at the work-unit level.

Methods: Survey design with cluster sampling of 28 hospital or ambulatory care units (n = 541 respondents). Results were compared with existing patient safety and satisfaction data.