A clinical nurse specialist in a line management position.
The authors describe their experiences utilizing a clinical nurse specialist in a middle management role in an organizational framework to support primary nursing. They describe the original design and planning of the organizational model 12 years ago, the administrative supports that have been added in the intervening years, and how professional and administrative authority are integrated by the clinical nurse specialist in a line position.
D000288:Administrative Personnel; D004219:District of Columbia; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007587:Job Description; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation