Implementing differentiated practice: the Sioux Valley Hospital experience.
Historically, nurses with different levels of education have been used interchangeably in acute care hospitals. If nursing is going to be viewed as a preferred career choice and acute care hospitals are to retain staff, nurse administrators must provide a nursing practice model that differentiates scope of practice based on education. The authors discuss how they implemented a system of differentiated practice.
Koerner
J G
JG
Sioux Valley Hospital, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Bunkers
L B
LB
Nelson
B
B
Santema
K
K
D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004507:Education, Nursing, Associate; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D007587:Job Description; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000078329:Workforce