A contractual model for the department of nursing.
The author proposes a system for delivery of nursing care in which professional nurses can use their full potential, achieve the status of a professional, and be accountable to themselves and the patient for the care they deliver. Such change can be accomplished through the establishment of a Nursing Staff Organization. Steps for establishing such an organization are outlined and alternatives reviewed. The author concludes by raising some potential problems as cases for continued research.
Beecroft
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University of Texas at Austin.
D003284:Contract Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004522:Educational Status; D005376:Financial Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007325:Institutional Practice / Q000458:organization & administration; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States