title: The role of the i.v. specialist in health care reform.
abstract: IV nurses must have a better understanding of health care reform to understand why hospitals are decreasing nursing positions in general and why administrators always seem to cut i.v. nursing positions first. It is also important to learn strategies that i.v. teams can adopt to demonstrate their contribution to quality patient care so they are less likely to be eliminated.
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Robertson
mesh_terms: D018166:Health Care Reform; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous / Q000451:nursing*; D009737:Nursing Records; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D013041:Specialties, Nursing; D014481:United States