title: Better to light a single candle.
abstract: The following is a clinical narrative that describes one nurse's attempt to motivate a patient who had recently sustained an injury that caused quadriplegia and the practice implications that arose from "silo" thinking between disciplines.
authors.affiliation: Polytrauma Unit, Palo Alto Veterans Administration Hospital, CA, USA. sandra.stafford-cecil@va.gov
authors.forename: Sandra Stafford
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Cecil
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D026761:Physical Therapy Specialty; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D019145:Rehabilitation Nursing / Q000379:methods*