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A collaborative practice model for the clinical nurse specialist
M K Walton1, D S Jakobowski, J H Barnsteiner
1Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA.
The Journal of Nursing Administration
|February 1, 1993
Abstract:
This article describes a model of advanced nursing practice, jointly funded through nursing and medicine. The model is based on a matrix reporting structure with the clinical nurse specialist reporting to both a physician and a director of nursing. The authors discuss how the various role components are enacted and the benefits of the model to the specialist, institution, physicians, staff, and patients and their families.