Essential Nursing Care Management and Coordination Roles and Responsibilities: A Content Analysis

Brenda Luther¹, Joyce Barra, Marc-Aurel Martial

• ¹Brenda Luther, PhD, RN, is the director of the Masters and Certificate Care Management Specialty and an associate professor at the College of Nursing and within the Gerontology Interdisciplinary Program at the University of Utah. Dr. Luther teaches courses in care management, evidence-based practice, and health promotion. Dr. Luther has specialized in disability care and care management, working with children and their families at Shriners Hospitals for Children, Intermountain Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. She started her career in care coordination at Shriners working with public, private, and nonprofit agencies to bring about coordinated and connected services for children in Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Arizona, and Colorado. Her clinical interests are care management, successful transition to adulthood for children with disabilities, and health promotion for children with physical disabilities. Joyce Barra, PhD, RN, is currently a faculty member in the graduate program at Weber State University where she teaches courses in educator socialization, assessment, and teaching strategies. She also manages the executive leadership students in their master's practicum. Dr. Barra's past experiences include directorships in ADN, BSN, and MSN programs. Her interests include specialized accreditation, both domestic and international, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Dr. Barra has a background in adult Med-Surg Nursing and a love of qualitative research, especially related to teaching and learning. Marc-Aurel Martial, MPH, BSN, RN, is a clinical instructor at the College of Nursing, University of Utah. He specializes in public and global health and care transitions. He is currently a PhD student at the University of Utah with a focus on improving access to essential public health services and health outcomes for disadvantaged populations, primarily in rural Haiti. His dissertation research project will examine the impact of an anemia prevention and treatment program among preschool children in a rural mountainous community in Haiti.