Why nursing needs strategic planning : professional empowerment in the new millennium -- The healthcare habitat : the evolving professional home of nursing -- The business we find ourselves in -- Just what is strategic planning? -- Tools from the strategic planning workbench -- Strategic planning : why it's not just for the boardroom anymore -- The three key elements of the strategic planning process : a vision that guides nursing's future action -- Overview of strategic planning theories : strategic planning architecture -- Understanding change theory : strategic planning change agents -- Communicating the strategic plan -- Eight cautionary tales of strategic planning
