title: Ombudsman: a new role for advanced practice nurses in psychiatric-mental health nursing.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The role of ombudsman for advanced practice nurses in psychiatric mental health nursing.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe the role of ombudsman and its fit with nursing as seen in the Price Spratlen Ombudsing Model.
  
  
  METHODS
  The author's own experiences as both an advanced practice nurse and an ombudsman.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Because of downsizing, reorganization, and a general trend toward mutual distrust in large organizations, being an ombudsman has been named one of the "25 hottest careers." Advanced practice nurses in psychiatric mental health nursing, by virtue of their knowledge of interpersonal, preventive, and systems theories, are in a unique position to fill this role.
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Spratlen
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D006754:Hospital Restructuring; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*