The following articles are required reading:
Weydt, A. (2001). Nursing Case Management: Quality and Cost. Creative Nursing, 7(3), 10.
Matthews, J.H., Coe, T.R., Bruflat, C., Burnett, S. Howard P., & Peterson, C. (2010). The Patient Model: A continuum of care. Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice, 11(2), 132-139.
Newbold, E., Coe, T.R., & Horton, C. (2012). The Bridge Clinic: A nurse-led postdischarge clinic improves care transitions in a public hospital. American Journal of Nursing, 112(7), 56-59. Use FindIt! to access this article
Weydt, A. (2001). Nursing Case Management: Quality and Cost. Creative Nursing, 7(3), 10.
Matthews, J.H., Coe, T.R., Bruflat, C., Burnett, S. Howard P., & Peterson, C. (2010). The Patient Model: A continuum of care. Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice, 11(2), 132-139.
Newbold, E., Coe, T.R., & Horton, C. (2012). The Bridge Clinic: A nurse-led postdischarge clinic improves care transitions in a public hospital. American Journal of Nursing, 112(7), 56-59. Use FindIt! to access this article
Nutt, M., & Hungerford, C. (2010). Nurse care coordinators: Definitions and scope of practice. Contemporary Nurse: A Journal for the Australian Nursing Profession, 36(1), 71-81.
Bledsoe, M.K. & Marshall, M.L. (2013). Improving Reimbursement with Nursing Case Manager Status. Professional Care Management, 18(2), 79-83. Use Find It! to access this article
You may use the following databases to find articles and other information on your topic. Tutorials are available for each database.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text (Nursing)
Search 3,000+ journals in nursing and allied health back to 1937; covers nursing, biomedicine, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health, etc.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic 
Index with fulltext for 550 scholarly journals covering many areas of medicine. Include the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide covering 1300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4700 brand names.
Cochrane Library
A collection of databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text (Nursing)
Search 3,000+ journals in nursing and allied health back to 1937; covers nursing, biomedicine, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health, etc.
- Tutorial (Ebsco)
Health Source: Nursing/Academic
Index with fulltext for 550 scholarly journals covering many areas of medicine. Include the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide covering 1300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4700 brand names.
- Tutorial (UNC Health Sciences Library)
Cochrane Library
A collection of databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making.
Susan Hubbs
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MC 130C
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Smith, M. J., & Liehr, P. R. (2008). Middle range theory for nursing (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Pub.
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Powers, B. A., Knapp, T. R., & Credo Reference (Firm). (2011). Dictionary of nursing theory and research (4th ed.). New York, N.Y.: Springer Pub. Co..
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