title: Nurse-managed clinics: a blueprint for success using the Covey framework.
abstract: This article describes the process from inception to successful operation of a university-based nurse managed clinic. The article includes information regarding the planning process, method of financing, political strategies for gaining approval, and on-going development of services. Covey's seven habits of highly effective people are used as a framework on which the development and evolution of the clinic are based. The habits are illustrated by relating how services/operation were enhanced and barriers and obstacles were overcome.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center School of Nursing, Houston 77030, USA.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Starck
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Mackey
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Adams
mesh_terms: D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods; D012579:Schools, Nursing; D013781:Texas