Care Trajectory Management: A Conceptual Framework for Formalizing Emergent Organisation in Nursing Practice

Overview

Journal J Nurs Manag

Specialty Nursing

Date 2018 Jul 18

PMID 30015392

Citations 11

Authors

Davina Allen

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Abstract

Aim: To offer a new conceptual framework for formalizing nurses' work in managing emergent organisation in health and social care.

Background: Much health and social care requires continuous oversight and adjustments in response to contingencies. Nurses have an important role in managing these relationships.

Evaluation: A longstanding programme of research on the social organisation of health and social care work provided the foundations for the article.

Key Issue: Nurses' work in managing emergent organisation may be conceptualized as care trajectory management and factors contributing to trajectory complexity are explored.

Conclusions: Care trajectory management is essential for the quality and safety of health and social care but poorly served by existing management frameworks.

Implications For Nursing Management: Care trajectory management offers a conceptual framework for the development of new management structures to support an important but poorly supported element of nursing practice.

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