Blending the clinical nurse specialist functions and quality improvement leadership: a partnership in care.
Blending the clinical nurse specialist functions and quality improvement leadership has resulted in a number of positive outcomes including ongoing communication with and education of nursing staff, continuous holistic assessment of care, enhanced clinical judgment and practice, theory-generated interventions, validation of nurses' role in health promotion incorporation of research into practice, and team building. It has also generated a positive regard for the value of the advanced level practitioner, represented a cost-effective approach, empowered other nurses to utilize their knowledge in developing a nursing plan of care, and developed nurses' ability to articulate their role, which for most has become the hallmark of quality care.
Department of Nursing, Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center, Utica, NY.
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D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009518:New York; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D009736:Nursing Process / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*