Mary Lou is a nurse in the critical care unit. She works 12-hour shifts. Each shift she is assigned to one or two critical care patients. She is responsible for planning and delivering the care and treatment for each one of the patients she is assigned to. This is an example of which nursing model?

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The term total patient care has come to mean the assignment of each client to a nurse who plans and delivers care during a work shift (Minnick et al., 2007).

Mary Lou Is a Nurse in the Critical Care Unit