Case Studies in Nursing Case Management provides portrayals of health care organizations around the nation that have successfully implemented case management programs. It reports on how case management is being used in inpatient, ambulatory, operating room, intensive care, home health, and subacute settings. Specific populations such as pediatric, maternity, dialysis, geriatric, psychiatric, and AIDS/HIV patients are also addressed. Case managers' roles in managed care and community—based settings as well as in insurance companies are described.

Blancett, Suzanne Smith, EdD, RN, FAAN; Flarey, Dominick L., PhD, MBA, RN, CS, CNAA, NP-CThe contributors are primarily nursing professionals representing the specialties of nursing education, quality improvement, trauma/critical care, oncology, coronary care, maternal/child, geriatrics, home care, and patient care management. Most are from hospitals, medical centers, nursing schools, and visiting nursing associations in the U.S. Institutions prominently represented include Vanderbilt, Univ of Chicago, St Elizabeth's Medical Center in Boston, Bergan Mercy Medical Center in Omaha, Hartford Hospital, Zablocki VA Medical Center in Milwaukee, and St Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta.

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