title: Collegial model for clinical nurse specialists: theoretical perspective.
abstract: Organizationally based CNSs function in a wide variety of management structures. A review of the literature suggests that the steady-state career orientation typifies CNSs and is therefore compatible with the application of self-management strategies. With this in mind the Long Beach Memorial Medical Center Collegial Model for Clinical Nurse Specialists was developed and components were defined as a self-governing strategy for CNSs within a complex tertiary medical center.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Cowan
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Tveit
mesh_terms: D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D009742:Nursing Theory