title: Nursing Leadership and Care Coordination: Creating Excellence in Coordinating Care Across the Continuum.
abstract: Continuum Care is different today from in the past. It requires care coordination with an emphasis on relationships and new roles. Nurses and nurse leaders must be located at the epicenter of developing strategies to align resources with patients and family along all points of the continuum.
authors.affiliation: The Center for Case Management, Wellesley, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Kathleen A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Bower
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010346:Patient Care Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States