Nursing is essential in the delivery of health care, influencing patient systems,
and societal outcomes.
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However, access to and utilization of nursing and health care services, health and
health disparities, patient safety concerns, escalating costs of care, and inefficiencies
in the organization and delivery of care remain problems. Nursing-health services
research (N-HSR), which uses a multidisciplinary approach, provides a means to address
these problems and their effects on the health and well-being of individuals, families,
organizations, institutions, communities, and populations.
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Biography
Cheryl Bland Jones is Associate Professor and Health Care Systems Coordinator, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
Biography
Barbara A. Mark is Sarah Frances Russell Distinguished Professor of Healthcare Systems, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
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