• Support efforts of nurse employers to provide delivery of quality nursing care in safe working environments
• Promote development of nurse managers and nursing by expanding leadership, mentorship, and accountability
• Encourage shared governance practice and professional autonomy
• Develop internships, preceptorships and educational opportunities based on novice to expert learning principles

Address work environment

• Support systems that enable nurses to work one designated shift or to self-schedule
• Individualize assignments and roles
• Provide support services for most effective use of nurse time, such as unit secretaries, technological help, and resource hot lines for information
• Encourage nursing report rounds to promote increased continuity of care and effective team communication
• Involve nursing staff
• Adapt decision-making models that increase nurse autonomy
• Involve nurses in making recommendations for solutions problems and issues
• Pilot test suggestions
• Utilize "Walk a mile in my shoes" programs to foster peer empathy and validation
• Share exit data information from nurses leaving employment and seek corrective actions