ATI Leadership Remediation
Management of Care- Advocacy- Professional Responsibilities: Client Advocacy (RM Leadership 8.0 Chp 3 Professional
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• Advocacy is the way nurses’ can play a role in client care by supporting their decisions, ensuring they are properly informed, and that they are receiving the proper level of care. Nurses must advocate for their clients even when they disagree with their decisions.
Management of Care- Assignment, Delegation and Supervision- Managing Client Care: Feeding a Client Who Has Dysphagia (RM Leadership 8.0 Chp 1 Managing Client Care)
• When feeding a patient who has dysphagia it is important to assign client to a qualified caretaker if something negative may happen. It is important to give them their food slowly and assess their swallowing, allow proper time for food chewing, and provide frequent sips of water in between bites.
Management of Care- Case Management- Coordinating Client Care: Addressing Priority Issues During Case Management (RM Leadership 8.0 Chp 2 Coordinating Client Care)
• Principles of Case Management:-Case management focuses on managed care of the client through collaboration of the health care team in acute and post-acute settings-The goal of case management is to avoid fragmentation of care and control cost-A case manager
collaborates with the interprofessional health care team during the assessment of a client's needs and subsequent care planning, and follows up by monitoring the achievement of desired client outcomes within established time parameters.-A case manager can be a nurse, social worker, or other designated health care professional. A case manager's role and knowledge expectations are extensive. Therefore, case managers are required to have advanced practice degrees or advanced training in this area-Case manager nurses do not usually provide direct client care-Case managers usually oversee a caseload of clients who have similar disorders or treatment regimens-Case managers in the community coordinate resources and services for clients whose care is based in a residential setting-A critical or clinical pathway or care map can be used to support the implementation of clinical guidelines and protocols. These tools are usually based on cost and length of stay parameters mandated by prospective payment systems such as Medicare and insurance companies.
Management of Care- Client Rights- Professional Responsibilities: Responding to a Client’s Family Regarding Treatment (RM Leadership 8.0 Chp 3 Professional Responsibilities)
• If the family member is on the list of people that can attain healthcare information, you as the nurse are able to give them updates but if the person is not on the plan than they would have to ask the patient how their treatment is going and would not be able to give
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