title: Clinical nurse specialists: an institutional process for determining priorities.
abstract: This article describes a four-step process designed by a midwest teaching hospital to identify priorities for the appointment and use of clinical nurse specialists. In an era of cost containment where the outcomes and effectiveness of staff positions are continually questioned, such a process enhances the objectivity and quality of administrative decision making.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008910:Minnesota; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013041:Specialties, Nursing