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Nursing Case Management

University of South Carolina

Pierrene K. Johnson, M.N., R.N.

Baptist Medical Center, Columbia, South Carolina

Patient satisfaction, patient-perceived quality of life, and nurse satisfaction were compared before and after the implementation of nursing case management in a southeastern acute care hospital. Immune-com promised oncology patients were sampled as proxy for patients with AIDS. Clinical nurse specialists as case managers planned, coordinated, and facilitated patient care on the 36-bed study unit. Patient satis faction showed a statistically significant increase 6 months after implementation of nursing case management.

American Journal of Medical Quality, Vol. 6, No. 4, 142-145 (1991)
DOI: 10.1177/0885713x9100600408


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