In Brief A detailed transition plan can help prepare eligible patientsfor discharge. A detailed transition plan can help prepare eligible patients for discharge.

In Brief By planning for your successors, you can provide nurses attractive leadership development opportunities to seamlessly fill your shoes. By planning for your successors, you can provide nurses attractive leadership development opportunities to seamlessly fill your shoes.

In Brief Encourage patient and staff satisfactionby implementing family centered care with aflexible structure and effective security. Encourage patient and staff satisfaction by implementing family centered care with a flexible structure and effective security.

Janet Vogel Scholl is the nursing education specialist and Marilyn A. Swarts is the clinical nurse manager at El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, Calif.

Shelley Cohen is an educational consultant and coach for Health Resources Unlimited, Hohenwald, Tenn.

Hader, Richard RN, CNA, CHE, CPHQ, PhD, FAAN, Editor-in-Chief, Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Officer Author Information

In Brief Information technology (IT) initiatives—namely, implementation of electronic healthcare records—benefit from interdisciplinary collaboration.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS Ronald B. Pickett is an organizational effectiveness consultant based in Escondido, Calif. Lorie K. Shoemaker is chief nurse executive of Palomar Medical Center, Escondido, Calif., and the Pomerado Hospital, Poway, Calif. Marilyn Moats Kennedy is a career planning consultant based in Wilmette, Ill.

Editor-in-Chief; Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Officer, Meridian Health System, Neptune, N.J. [email protected]