title: Vision: a professional model for nursing practice.
abstract: The creation of Vision: A Professional Model for Nursing Practice followed an evolutionary process of development over a 20-year time span. The nurse/patient relationship was the central theme of this practice model and implies that nursing excellence, driven by knowledge, research, empowerment and accountability, would result in positive outcomes for patient care and create a culture of independent, caring professional nurses.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Trofino
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011361:Professional Competence