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Co-ordination of patient care in inpatient rehabilitation

Rehabilitation Nursing Research and Development Unit, University of Western Sydney/Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney, Australia

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a new patient care co-coordinator position in an inpatient rehabilitation setting.

Design: Pre and post test using a 42-item staff survey.

Setting: One inpatient rehabilitation service in rural New South Wales, Australia.

Subjects: Members of the multidisciplinary team.

Intervention: A new patient care co-coordinator position.

Outcome measures: Comparison of trends in staff responses to pre and post test surveys.

Findings: The post test survey demonstrated an overall increase in the reported frequency of desirable rehabilitation practices and increased staff satisfaction with those practices.

Conclusions: A patient care co-coordinator may contribute to improving the processes and practices of inpatient rehabilitation and staff satisfaction.

Clinical Rehabilitation, Vol. 17, No. 3, 341-346 (2003)
DOI: 10.1191/0269215503cr616oa


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