Date of Award
2006
Document Type
Dissertation
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Ray, Marilyn A.
Abstract
The purpose of the research was to explore the social process of trust between the chief nursing officer and the nurse manager in the hospital setting. The researcher used the grounded theory method to analyze the nurse manager-chief nursing officer relationship from the perspective of the nurse manager. A total of 12 participants were interviewed by the researcher. The sample consisted of nurse managers employed in hospitals in the southeastern United States. Data analysis consisted of open coding and constant comparative analysis. Resulting categories consisted of preparing to trust, co-creating trust and co-creating the trusting environment. The basic social process of the nurse manager-chief nursing officer trusting relationship in healthcare was the substantive theory of Striving to Live the Golden Rule which refers to living the nurse manager-chief nursing officer ethical relationship in a nursing environment where trust may be difficult to establish. The formal theory generated was the essential link between Striving to Live the Golden Rule to Living the Golden Rule as Unveiling the Mystery of Covenantal Trust. The overall results of this research demonstrated the process of trust between the nurse manager and chief nursing officer as essential to the overall relationship and to the success of both.
Extent
133 p.
Recommended Citation
Hilsenbeck, Julie R., "Unveiling The Mystery Of Covenantal Trust: The Theory of the Social Process Between the Nurse Manager and the Chief Nursing Officer" (2006). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009. 1179.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_5/1179
Identifier
FA00000621
Comments
Includes bibliography.|Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2006.|Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Includes bibliography.