We in nursing are learning that people are in a constant movement on the continuum between health and disease. Nurses can detect that movement through symptom-distress markers. The dominant American medical system processes symptomatology primarily to determine diagnosis and treatment. However, that is no longer good enough. Skyrocketing medical costs loom over both health professionals and patients.
Nothing is free in health care.
The nursing approach is to pay up front for quality care and preventive services that a symptom-distress model of clinical practice provides. My sincere gratitude to our faculty, alumni, staff, friends, and students for their enthusiasm, hard work, and creativity in planning and implementing this new publication. We hope you enjoy the first in a series that will profile our school's response to health care reforms through nursing scholarship and creativity. We would be delighted to hear about your work, your goals, your adventures. We welcome your ideas.