A model for professional rehabilitation nursing practice.
As partners in health care, clinical and administrative nurses must share in the work, risks, and rewards inherent in nursing practice while promoting high-quality results in a cost-conscious and cost-effective environment. One way to achieve these results is by developing a nontraditional rehabilitation structure and nursing practice model. This article discusses practical strategies for constructing and implementing such a model; it also identifies tangible outcomes of using the model. The healthcare environment in the 1990s demands a high level of involvement on the part of staff; the rehabilitation nursing model presented in this article meets this challenge.
Gibbons
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Salter
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Pierce
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Govoni
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D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011361:Professional Competence; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000451:nursing*; D013041:Specialties, Nursing