To propose that the budgeting of time is one of the most essential tasks of a nursing administrator may seem outrageously naïve in a time when organizations seem to be interested only in bottom-line figures. Ironically, however, the time allocation strategy offered here supports the goal of cost containment. Studies have shown that caring behaviors of nurses (Duffy, 1991) and nursing staff attitudes (Cassarea et al., 1986) are directly related to patient satisfaction. Benner and Wrubel (1989) also found that caring is integral to expert practice. As a result, and from the standpoint of quality of care as revenue producing, this strategy of allowing time for dialogue and reflection has merit. From the viewpoint of the Nursing as Caring theory, the nurse administrators' beliefs about person would require that new ways of being with the nursed are created and supported. The nursing administrator models a way of being with others that portrays respect for person as caring. Through modeling, others grow in their competency to know and express caring. Of course creating and sustaining environments that nurture and value the practice and study of nursing remains the challenge facing nurses caught in the maze of various organizational structures. Systems tend to perpetuate existing ways of being even though their members may repeatedly question the legitimacy of actions flowing from these structures. It is our belief that nursing can create a culture that values caring within systems and organizations. Systems and organizations can be reshaped and transformed through living out the assumptions and values inherent within nursing as caring. Assumptions on which Nursing as Caring is built serve as stabilizers for the organization. These assumptions directly influence the climate of the organization and serve as the organizational pillars. The climate of organizations is determined by beliefs and values of persons within it. An organization grounded in the assumptions of person as described in Chapter 1 would not support arbitrary and capricious decision making in which the input of all persons has not been discerned. Mission statements, goals, objectives, standards of practice, policies and procedures emerge from assumptions, beliefs, and values that emphasize one's humanness. If one accepts the assumption that persons are caring by virtue of their humanness, then it follows that cultures are comprised of caring persons. Respect for person as person is engendered within this context. There is a desire to know and support the living of caring; to support each other in being who we are as caring persons in the moment. Therefore, assumptions of Nursing as Caring ground not only the theory but may likewise influence the ontology of the organization itself.