title: Perceptions of utilization review nurses. "Nurses like us".
abstract: The purpose of this research was to describe the characteristics of nurses who perform telephonic care quality assessment, or utilization review, prior to, concurrent with, and after medical interventions and hospitalizations. It compares these nurses demographically to nurses employed in other settings, discusses the nurses' perceptions of the nature of their work, examines assertions that utilization review is a nursing activity, and documents the nurses' education and training for ethical decision-making. Implications for nursing care quality are discussed.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Wayne State University, 5557 Cass Ave, Room 238 Cohn Bldg, Detroit, MI 48202, USA. sue.ellen.bell@wayne.edu
authors.forename: Sue Ellen
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Bell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D032781:Codes of Ethics; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003657:Decision Making; D004522:Educational Status; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D008875:Middle Aged; D015146:Midwestern United States; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education / Q000941:ethics / Q000523:psychology*; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014600:Utilization Review / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration*