title: Primary nursing: a call for clarity, empowerment, and accountability.
abstract: Registered nurses' (RNs') unique educational preparation, skills, scope of practice, and relationship with those we serve must be articulated and honored. The Primary Nursing care delivery model gives practical, functional life to the relationship of professional trust between RNs and their patients.
authors.affiliation: Creative Health Care Management, Minneapolis, MN, USA. sruch@chcm.com
authors.forename: Shirley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ruch
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009729:Nursing; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011209:Power, Psychological