Stillwaggon C A
Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut.
J Nurs Adm. 1989 Nov;19(11):21-7. doi: 10.1097/00005110-198919110-00007.
How are costs of nursing care effected when professional nurses practice nursing based on patient's needs as opposed to institutional policy? The author discusses a different nursing care delivery system that builds on primary nursing but frees the nurse from institutional constraints. The results were a 20 percent decrease in nursing costs and increased satisfaction among the nursing staff participants.
