Introducing primary nursing to a satellite dialysis setting in Singapore.
Primary Nursing originated from the University of Minnesota hospitals in the late 1960s. Almost 100 years before, Florence Nightingale defined a "case method" approach to nursing in which she described an individual nurse having responsibility for a given group of patients and dealing with issues relating to health, hygiene and family support.
National Kidney Foundation, Singapore.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011321:Primary Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000451:nursing*; D012846:Singapore; D013192:Staff Development / Q000458:organization & administration