Patient satisfaction, patient-perceived quality of life, and nurse satisfaction were compared before and after the implementation of nursing case management in a southeastern acute care hospital. Immune-com promised oncology patients were sampled as proxy for patients with AIDS. Clinical nurse specialists as case managers planned, coordinated, and facilitated patient care on the 36-bed study unit. Patient satis faction showed a statistically significant increase 6 months after implementation of nursing case management.
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