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N J Boyd

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PubMed1991

The merit and significance of clinical nurse specialists.

The authors studied the merit and significance of the role of the clinical nurse specialist (CNS) by collecting quantitative and qualitative data documenting the activities performed in each of the four role components: practitioner, educator, scholar, and consultant. This follow-up study continues to substantiate the impact of the CNS role on quality patient outcomes and the major contributions of the CNS to the nursing organization and the hospital.

Follow-Up Studies↗
PubMed1989

Interinstitutional collaboration for nursing excellence: Part 1, Creating the partnership.

A partnership between two unrelated public institutions was formed to enhance the quality of clinical learning for students and staff, promote exemplary care to patients, and foster expansion of nursing research. The critical nucleus of the partnership is the unit-based clinical nurse specialist who performs the multiple functions of professional nursing: practice, education, and research. This two-part series describes the collaboration effort. Part 1 focuses on the organizational structure created for the partnership, and part 2 reports the findings of a 15-week pilot study conducted to test the model.

Education, Nursing↗
PubMed1989

Interinstitutional collaboration for nursing excellence: Part 2. Testing the model.

Two unrelated public institutions formed a partnership to foster excellence in professional nursing. The organizational structure was described in Part 1 (February 1989). This second article reports a 15-week pilot study conducted on seven hospital units to determine the degree to which the clinical nurse specialist can merge the multiple functions of professional nursing: practice, education, and research.

Education, Nursing↗
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Shared governance and the nursing practice environment.

An evaluation of the impact of shared governance on staff nurse perceptions of management style, group cohesion, job stress, job satisfaction, and anticipated turnover provides support for claims that shared governance improves the nursing practice environment.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗