title: Patient care delivery: let's return to reality.
abstract: Practical solutions that promote humanistic patient care with cost-effective, reality-based foundations are represented in a sample plan for one surgical unit. A return to the basics provides the base to develop and implement principle-centered leadership.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krause
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012648:Self Care