As partners in health care, clinical and administrative nurses must share in the work, risks, and rewards inherent in nursing practice while promoting high‐quality results in a cost‐conscious and cost‐effective environment. One way to achieve these results is by developing a nontraditional rehabilitation structure and nursing practice model. This article discusses practical strategies for constructing and implementing such a model; it also identifies tangible outcomes of using the model. The healthcare environment in the 1990s demands a high level of involvement on the part of staff; the rehabilitation nursing model presented in this article meets this chal