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Chapter 21: Managing Patient Care
Potter et al.: Fundamentals of Nursing, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A registered nurse (RN) is the group leader of practical nurses and nursing assistive personnel. Which
nursing care model is the RN using?
a. Case management
b. Total patient care
c. Primary nursing
d. Team nursing
ANS: D
In team nursing, the RN assumes the role of group or team leader and leads a team made up of other RNs,
practical nurses, and nursing assistive personnel. Case management is a care approach that coordinates and
links health care services to patients and families while streamlining costs. Total patient care involves an RN
being responsible for all aspects of care for one or more patients. The primary nursing model of care delivery
was developed to place RNs at the bedside and improve the accountability of nursing for patient outcomes and
the professional relationships among sta岳꫰ members.
DIF:Understand (comprehension)REF:281
OBJ i岳꫰erentiate among the types of nursing care delivery models.
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2. A nurse is overseeing the care of patients with severe diabetes and patients with heart failure to improve
cost-e岳꫰ectiveness and quality of care. Which nursing care delivery model is the nurse using?
a. Team nursing
b. Total patient care
c. Primary nursing
d. Case management
ANS: D
Case management is unique because clinicians, either as individuals or as part of a collaborative group,
oversee the management of patients with speci▃륒c, complex health problems or are held accountable for some
standard of cost management and quality. Case management is a care approach that coordinates and links
health care services to patients and families while streamlining costs. In the team nursing care model, the RN
assumes the role of group or team leader and leads a team made up of other RNs, practical nurses, and
nursing assistive personnel. Total patient care involves an RN being responsible for all aspects of care for one
or more patients. The primary nursing model of care delivery was developed to place RNs at the bedside and
improve the accountability of nursing for patient outcomes and the professional relationships among sta岳꫰
members.
DIF:Apply (application)REF:281
OBJ i岳꫰erentiate among the types of nursing care delivery models.
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3. A nurse is working in an intensive care unit (critical care). Which type of nursing care delivery model will this
nurse most likely use? [Show Less]