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This literature review examined studies involving "nursing led in-patient units" in attempt to identify such units and determine their formation and performance. At the Loeb Center, the first of the major units covered in this review, a series of research studies shows that the nurses here were employed in a rehabilitative and therapeutic manner, rather than in the strictly medicinal setting of initial treatment centers. The Loeb Center focused on chronically ill patients recovering from an acute bout of illness, and the nursing-led units here were based on the premise that the particular advantages of nursing practice would be most beneficial to patients.
The same basic practices of the Loeb Center were used with perhaps even greater success at the Oxfordshire units covered next in the review. Hands-on nursing as primary care led to reduced stays in recovery units for patients receiving nursing-led treatment, and increased life satisfaction at six months. The therapeutic emphasis of nursing care used at the Oxfordshire centers and at the Loeb Center led to increased patient involvement in their care and a reduced need for professional assistance, which combined with the other results suggests a high level of efficacy and practicality in nursing-led units as opposed to traditional medical settings.
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