Implementing the basic elements of collaborative practice.
Five activities are essential for effective collaborative practice in the hospital setting--primary nursing, integrated charting, expanded nurses' decision making, joint patient care review, and a collaborative practice committee. This article relates the experience of a large, urban teaching hospital in implementing these activities.
D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D008499:Medical Records; D009519:New York City; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010380:Peer Review; D011321:Primary Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000458:organization & administration