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Quality Care in an Era of Retrenchment
Author(s) -
Biester Doris J.,
Duggan Mary,
Perkins Mary,
Powers Linda K.,
Classick Susan
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal for specialists in pediatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.499
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1744-6155
pISSN - 1539-0136
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6155.1999.tb00230.x
Subject(s) - retrenchment , flexibility (engineering) , quality (philosophy) , health care , context (archaeology) , nursing , creativity , psychology , business , medicine , political science , social psychology , management , economics , public administration , law , paleontology , philosophy , epistemology , biology
source and purpose. Constraints in the healthcare delivery system are resulting in unprecedented challenges to quality nursing care. In response to concerns expressed by readers in a JSPN survey, we solicited input from prominent SPN members. conclusions. Quality care can be sustained through nurses' creativity, flexibility, leadership, and collaboration. The context for quality care is an organizatinal environment with attention to critical analysis, careful resource utilization, and improved outcomes. practice implications. Nurses can not only maintain premium standards of quality care but, by assuming leadership, help shape the future of health care.