Dimensions of the transition service coordinator role

CL Betz, G Redcay - Journal for specialists in pediatric nursing, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
CL Betz, G Redcay
Journal for specialists in pediatric nursing, 2005Wiley Online Library
ISSUES AND PURPOSE. This article describes the development and implementation of an
innovative advanced practice role, as a transition service coordinator for nurses who work
with adolescents with special healthcare needs. Transition services for adolescents with
special healthcare needs is an area of growing clinical need requiring that all healthcare
professionals, including advanced practice nurses develop new clinical knowledge and
skills to practice effectively. CONCLUSION. This emerging specialty area will require …
ISSUES AND PURPOSE. This article describes the development and implementation of an innovative advanced practice role, as a transition service coordinator for nurses who work with adolescents with special healthcare needs. Transition services for adolescents with special healthcare needs is an area of growing clinical need requiring that all healthcare professionals, including advanced practice nurses develop new clinical knowledge and skills to practice effectively.
CONCLUSION.  This emerging specialty area will require advanced practice nurses to provide direct services blending both pediatric and adult healthcare needs and to function in advanced practice roles such as case managers who can ensure the coordination of services between these two very different systems of care while promoting the youth's acquisition of goals for adulthood. This nursing role was first created to provide and coordinate transition services to youth seen in a piloted clinic titled Creating Healthy Futures.
PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS.  This article describes the various components of this nursing role that incorporated the advanced practice dimensions of clinical expert, consultant, change agent, leader, researcher, and educator that can be replicated in other clinical settings.
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