title: Nursing care delivery systems. Status and vision.
abstract: Nurse executives may compare nursing care delivery system elements in their organizations to data from 987 U.S. hospitals. The report includes the status of governance, patient assignment, and other elements in 1986 and 1989 as well as projections for 1992. The changes and projections comprise a vision for the near future of hospital nursing.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Administration Graduate Program, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Wake
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel; D004526:Efficiency; D007256:Information Systems; D007587:Job Description; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000379:methods; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D009737:Nursing Records; D015399:Nursing Research; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010361:Patients / Q000145:classification; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires