title: Creating a center of excellence: education and service collaborate.
abstract: This case study describes how a nursing educator worked with nursing service administrators and staff to open a new neurological/neurosurgical special care unit. Included are the administrative process needed to set up such an arrangement, the establishment of roles and relationships, methods of maintaining internal consistency, unit and staff development, research involvement, outcomes, and drawbacks and benefits to this type of arrangement.
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Webber
mesh_terms: D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D009488:Neurosciences; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012579:Schools, Nursing; D013041:Specialties, Nursing; D014768:Virginia