In today’s health care environment, the drumbeat for care coordination grows louder and more urgent. It’s an effective way to improve quality and outcomes. Nurses are integral to this process, yet most feel their contributions are unrecognized and underappreciated. What can nurses do? Care Coordination: A Blueprint for Action for RNs helps today’s nurses reclaim this critical practice domain. It explores key issues in care coordination and offers timely, strategic actions nurses can take r...

Care coordination has always been a primary duty of nursing. Care Coordination: The Game Changer offers today’s most comprehensive insights, case studies, and strategies to advance nursing's role in care coordination and healthcare transformation. Care Coordination is the first book to show in clear, concise language how care coordination is positioned in the context of healthcare reform. In this essential text, editor Gerri Lamb, PhD, RN, FAAN, and 23 of the brightest minds in care coordi...