One model of patient care organization
Functional nursing
One pro of care provider taking total responsibility to meet the needs of their assigned patient
the patient receives holistic and unfragmented care from the provider
One pro of functional nursing
Tasks are completed quickly with minimal confusion
One pro of team nursing
Allows members to contribute their own special expertise/ skills
One pro of primary nursing
Holistic and high- quality patient care is provided since there are only a few nurses in charge of total patient care
Con of inter-professional healthcare teams
Breaking away from physician- dominated plan
One con of the care provider taking total responsibility of meeting the needs or their assigned patient
each caregiver during each shift could provide different approaches to care
One con of functional nursing
It an result in low job satisfaction because they may feel unchallenged and under-stimulated
One con of team nursing
Usually due to improper communication, management, organization, and leadership
One con of primary nursing
An underprepared nurse can alter the process
Disease Management
population based healthcare and continuous health improvement
Disease Management Goal
address illnesses/ conditions with maximum efficiency by early detection and treatment/ intervention
Common goals in inter-professional healthcare teams
Assessing, planning, evaluating patient care
What is modular nursing?
Uses two or three team members with at least one team member being an RN being assigned to a group of patients
What do case managers do?
Assists and informs patients regarding community resources, medication regimen, treatment plan, and tests/ procedures
How man healthcare professionals foes an inter-professional health care team have
Involves two or more healthcare professionals
Leadership responsibilities
determine availability of resources and determine support/ commitment from staff for potential changes
Who is affected by change?
other departments, medical staff, health-care consumer
One thing to consider when implementing change
Is the delivery of nursing care cost effective?
Two emerging roles in healthcare
Nurse navigators, clinical nurse leaders
Nurse navigators
Assigned to a patient when they are first diagnosed and followed that patients journey
Clinical nurse leaders
Has a masters degree in nursing, leader in all settings of the health-care delivery system
Integrated leader manager
understands the philosophy of the organization/ units and the availability of resources in order to choose the type of patient care delivery system and recognize its potential success
Primary focus of the leadership role when choosing a model
reducing cost and improving patient outcomes