title: A joint protocol for home skeletal traction.
abstract: Cost-effective delivery of quality patient care is a major focus of the orthopaedic advanced practice nurse's practice. Long-term skeletal traction therapy for select fractures of the pelvis remains a treatment option for certain patients. The purposes of this article are to describe the development of a joint proposal for home skeletal traction therapy and to analyze the cost savings involved by reviewing a case study of a home traction patient.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Program, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: McBryde
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000451:nursing*; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000191:economics*; D016530:Orthopedic Nursing / Q000191:economics*; D010384:Pelvic Bones / Q000293:injuries*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014143:Traction / Q000451:nursing*