Case Study, Chapter 1, Health Care Delivery and Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
Suzanne Jones, 76-year-old patient with COPD is admitted to the ICU. Mrs.
... [Show More] Jones is placed on mechanical ventilation to assist with her breathing. After 2 days on the ventilator, Mrs. Jones is extubated and then transferred to a medical-surgical unit. The medication regimen is adjusted during the hospitalization. Mrs. Jones is discharged home after 6 days. She and her family are pleased with the care she receive in the hospital. (Learning Objectives 3 and 6)
Describe the quality performance tools that may be used to demonstrate that the care and treatment rendered are both cost-efficient and of high quality.
Limited stay in the healthcare facility which lower the cost or expense tag during your stay. Limited stay on the ventilator and the transfer to the intensive medical department- the ventilator cost are much more compared to the cost place in the medical surgical unit.
Describe the quality performance tools that may be used to demonstrate that the nursing care utilized is evidence-based care and high quality, resulting in patient satisfaction and good patient outcomes.
Client are put on medical ventilator to assist clients breathing with plenty oxygen. Remove the tube from a hollow organ or passageway of the client before transfering to the medical surgical unit.
Refixed the medication during the period of the client stay in the facility.
2. The registered nurse working in the cardiac care clinic is tasked with implementing quality improvement measures. To educate the clinic staff, the nurse plans an in-service program to introduce concepts of quality improvement and evidence-based practice. Additionally, the role of the case manager will be included in the presentation. The nurse plans on using care of the patient with Congestive Heart Failure as a template, and prepares sample clinical pathways, care maps, and multidisciplinary action plans. (Learning Objective 3)
a. Describe how clinical pathways are used to coordinate care of caseloads of patients.
The clinical lane are numerous disciplinary ideas of the most excellent clinical practice for a particular group of client having a specific diagnosis that will assist in accommodating a well organized quality care. The clinical lane are organized in a way that will assist in proper fulfilment of the clinical instruction and protocols. However, to attained success in the making of clinical lane, elderly management committee and a vivid medical and nursing advance are important. The adoption of clinical lane not only elevate numerous disciplinary correspondence but it include the communication of the client and clinicians. This advance to consistent use of resource that crossed out the duration of the stay. It also minimise the errors and copy of the deed. It assist to know the identity of the issue from onset and rectify it appropriately. As clinical leads to achieve at developing the distinct of care through a numerous disciplinary approach, this equalized the care render to different client base on their diagnosis or caseload.
What is the role of the case manager in evaluating a patient’s progress?
A case manager is an individual who assist the clients or people who are in hard situation, the case manager assist with advise, assist to source the best service, modify plan of care for treatment and recovery, correlate with other healthcare provider to monitor client progress during the care and the treatment plans. A case manager play an important role to make sure client is render with the most high level of care they deserve. The case manager make sure client is given the quality of care they deserve in a timely manner, a good services from healthcare staff during their stay and making sure the client is improving on the diagnosis that brought them to the facility, by making sure the service is render timely, adequately and meet up with the minimum standard that will progress positively. The case manager evaluate the client progress to know if the expected outcome of the care was rendered adequately according to the expectation to provide cure to patient diagnosis during their stay. To ensure all the treatment was completed and safe for the client the case manage will kept on monitoring the progress to see if there is any additional treatment that need to be added, adjust or implement during the client stay and this can be communicate [Show Less]