title: Model for a nursing center: spanning boundaries.
abstract: The article provides an example of spanning organizational and professional boundaries to improve care in a medically underserved community through the development of a nursing center. Descriptions of the practice and organizational models demonstrate how each was tailored to the specific community. Using Andersen's behavioral model of families' use of health services and objectives for the year 2000, the impact on access to care and population outcomes are evaluated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Mental Health, and Administrative Nursing, College of Nursing, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA.
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Ervin
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002641:Chicago; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D008875:Middle Aged; D015146:Midwestern United States; D016294:Models, Nursing; D017146:Models, Organizational; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011247:Pregnancy; D011314:Preventive Health Services