This paper is the second in a series of reports by clinical nursing leaders involved in the Spinal cord injury Rehab research project.5–7 Spinal cord injury Rehab is a multi-center, 5-year study that will enroll approximately 1400 acute SCI inpatient rehabilitation patients, record and analyze details of the rehabilitation process, and determine whether type and quantity of nursing interventions (along with interventions provided by other rehabilitation care providers) are predictive of first-year post-injury outcomes. The study design and implementation of the practice-based evidence (PBE) research methodology used in Spinal cord injury Rehab have been described previously.5–7For the nursing component of this study, nursing leaders from six SCI rehabilitation centers hypothesized that patient outcomes are influenced by the amount of nursing education and care management that is provided to the patient and/or designated family caregivers during the acute rehabilitation period. The ultimate aim of the Spinal cord injury Rehab project is to test this hypothesis by examining details of specific components (interventions) provided within the rehabilitation nursing process. Quantifying time spent on patient and family education is perhaps unique to this project's nursing documentation as nurses traditionally document that education has been completed, but do not quantify the amount of time spent on specific topics. All patients do receive education and prove competence in specific areas to ensure a safe discharge. However, content does vary by injury level, and the time needed to achieve competence has not been studied. This paper aims at describing the content and amount of time spent on bedside education and care management activities (discharge planning, team process, and psychosocial support) that were documented by Spinal cord injury Rehab center's nurses and identifying patient and injury characteristics associated with time spent on these activities.