title: Best practice models for acute and critical care: today and into the future.
abstract: The purpose of this article is to describe selected best practices in acute and critical care. The evidence base for these models is steadily building. Attributes of past, present, and emerging models are discussed in the context of important considerations such as stress, capacity, and infection. The author offers suggestions for using what we know to advance models of care in the information age that has only just begun.
authors.affiliation: Department of Acute Nursing Care, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Nursing, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, Mail Code 7975, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA. reineck@uthscsa.edu
authors.forename: Carol A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Reineck
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*; D000368:Aged; D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009656:North America; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013312:Stress, Physiological