title: Nursing practice models: implications for information system design.
abstract: Nursing practice models (NPMs) describe the structural and contextual features of nursing practice environments. They offer direction in the design of information systems. Eleven factors describing NPMs emerged from a modified Delphi process: continuity of care, participation in management, collaboration, leadership, learning environment, nurse's role, staffing, communication, specialization, orientation of temporary staff, and group commitment. These factors provide nurse administrators with specific features of the clinical practice environment that IS applications should support.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Brennan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anthony
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kahana
mesh_terms: D006272:Health Facility Environment; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000145:classification / Q000458:organization & administration; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000145:classification / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States