Product Overview
This is a concise, up-to-date introduction to case management for all nurses. It presents todays best practices for coordinating care and engaging interdisciplinary teams to deliver patient-centered care with active involvement from patients and families. Drawing on Institute of Medicine recommendations, it covers issues ranging from self-management to evidence-based practice, quality improvement to informatics. Section I clearly describes case management, and explains the case manager competencies, roles, responsibilities, tools, and ethical and legal obligations. Section IIs unique Case Management Reader brings together current literature on case management issues ranging from costs to chronic illness. Critical thinking questions follow every article. Some additional features include:
- Institute of Medicine current recommendations
- Coverage of clinical pathwaysand other advanced tools available to the case manager
- Questions and Activitiespromoting effective discussion and application of the books concepts
- Realistic casesat the end of each chapter
- Up-to-date Internet linksconnecting to current information from government, professional organizations, and other sources
- Complete glossarypresenting todays common case management terminology
- Visual presentationincluding exhibits, boxed information and figures
