Collaborations in leadership: the nurse case management and nursing administration connection.
OBJECTIVE
With a multiple decade's long surge in managed care and the growth of case management as a profession, there is increasing recognition of the leadership role that case managers employ daily as they coordinate and facilitate patient-centered initiatives. Now, more than ever, case managers are being called upon to further expand their leadership capabilities and take a more active role in professional partnering to ensure the continued attainment of clinical, fiscal, and quality outcomes.


METHODS
All settings, particularly acute care hospitals and integrated delivery systems.


CONCLUSIONS
The collaboration between nurse case managers and nursing administration provides a framework for the establishment of a collegial and supportive working relationship: one that is built on the strength of mutual goals, shared leadership abilities, respect, and professional loyalty.
Carr
Dana Deravin
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Burn and Surgical ICUs and Inpatient Physical Rehabilitation Unit, Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10461, USA. dana.deravincarr@nbhn.net ordcpny@aol.com
D019090:Case Management; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D007857:Leadership; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009732:Nursing Care; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D014481:United States