title: A nursing diagnosis based model: guiding nursing practice.
abstract: Fiscal uncertainty, anxiety about nursing retention, and public scrutiny characterize the hospital milieu. During times such as these, introducing a conceptual model may appear inpractical and untimely. However, the conceptual model at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital has demonstrated many practical applications. It guides nursing practice and provides a framework for quality assurance, documentation of nursing care, and education of nurses in the hospital. Future plans include using the model as a basis for developing a computerized care planning system and a method for cost accounting for nursing. The authors describe how the model serves to unify, give direction, simplify, and improve nursing practice.
authors.affiliation: Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krenz
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Karlik
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kiniry
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D004282:Documentation; D004471:Economics, Nursing; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009515:New Jersey; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology / Q000639:trends; D011787:Quality of Health Care