J Nurs Adm. 2008 Feb;38(2):76-83. doi: 10.1097/01.NNA.0000310713.23097.47.
The Journal of nursing administration
Beatrice J Kalisch, Millie Curley
PMID: 18300839 DOI: 10.1097/01.NNA.0000310713.23097.47
Striving for excellence, a nursing organization's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats (SWOT) analysis revealed weaknesses that needed to be addressed. The authors describe the 5-phase transformation process that was initiated.