PART ONE: MANAGED CARE ENVIRONMENT PREFACE: INTRODUCTION TO MANAGED CARE STRATEGIES Health Care Reform - Margaret M Conger and JoAnne Woodall An Opportunity for Nursing Managed Care Organizational Structures - Margaret M Conger Managed Care Organizational Strategies Used to Achieve Organizational Goals - Margaret M Conger Nursing Involvement in Quality of Care Issues - Margaret M Conger Nursing Case Management - Margaret M Conger A Managed Care Organizational Strategy PART TWO: NURSING STRATEGIES IN ACUTE-CARE HOSPITALS Use of Nurse Extenders - Margaret M Conger Advanced Practice Nurses - Margaret M Conger Acute Care Settings Nurse Case Management - Margaret M Conger and JoAnne Woodall Acute-Care Hospital Practice Automated Clinical Pathways in the Patient Record - Lisa Brugh Legal Implications Clinical Pathway Outcome Research - Pamela Keberlein PART THREE: NURSING STRATEGIES IN COMMUNITY SETTINGS Nurse Case Management in Community Settings - Margaret M Conger Population-Based Nurse Case Management - Margaret M Conger Advanced Practice Nurses as Case Managers - Margaret M Conger and Carol E Craig Advanced Practice Roles in Community Settings - Carol E Craig, Kathy Ingleses and Margaret M Conger Community Health Clinics Advanced Nurse Collaborative Practice in a Primary Care Setting - Carol E Craig and Margaret M Conger