Improved coordination: the wound care specialist.
Optimal, cost-effective patient care requires the integration of research findings into practice and a continuing assessment of outcomes attained, which cannot be achieved unless care is continuous and multidisciplinary. Well-defined requirements for the education of an advanced practice nurse results in quality and effective wound-care delivery in a cost-effective fashion. The concerns of business and health must be blended to achieve optimal patient care.
Department of Surgery, Allegheny University Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192, USA.
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D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000451:nursing*