Download or read book Significance of Early Discharge Planning written by Erlinda Harness and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on documented studies, the current discharge planning process for the elderly is not able to adequately ensure understanding of, nor compliance with, the discharge plan. The majority of facilities begin the discharge planning process on the day of the patients' discharge which does not allow adequate time for the elderly to assimilate all the information. Research has shown that facilities who have policies in place mandating the discharge plan begin upon the day of admission are not always being followed. The primary nurses state they are not able to comply with the policies due to time constraints and elderly patient limitations. In any facility, no one entity should be solely responsible for discharge planning, especially for the elderly. Therefore, this project recommends the discharge planning process be shared between nursing and the Case Management (CM) department and that the process begins the day of admission. At Hendrick Medical Center (HMC) where this author is employed, evidence was given to senior leadership supporting the need for adaptation to a Care Coordination model of care instead of CM. Additional staff consisting of Registered Nurses (RN's) and Social Workers (SW's) were hired to implement the care coordination model of patient care. This new model of care enables RN's and SW's to begin the discharge process the day of admission. This will remove barriers to discharge, provide resources for the patient and family members, reduce length of stay (LOS) and decrease the incidence of elderly readmissions back to the hospital within 30 days. By adhering to the Centers for Medicare Services (CMS) mandates, hospital reimbursement will increase and penalties by CMS will be avoided. This proposal will also assist nursing in securing adherence to the discharge plan which provides the elderly with a more efficient plan of care and promotes better patient outcomes. The tools created for this project will assist the care coordination team to address each step of the discharge process in a timely manner. The newly purchased electronic call-back program will also assist in providing follow up patient care to the elderly without their having to be readmitted. With the implementation of these recommended plans and tools, the discharge planning process will not be a burden for primary nurses and the teamwork between these two departments will be greatly enhanced.
Download or read book Fragility Fracture Nursing written by Karen Hertz and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-06-15 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book aims to provide a comprehensive but practical overview of the knowledge required for the assessment and management of the older adult with or at risk of fragility fracture. It considers this from the perspectives of all of the settings in which this group of patients receive nursing care. Globally, a fragility fracture is estimated to occur every 3 seconds. This amounts to 25 000 fractures per day or 9 million per year. The financial costs are reported to be: 32 billion EUR per year in Europe and 20 billon USD in the United States. As the population of China ages, the cost of hip fracture care there is likely to reach 1.25 billion USD by 2020 and 265 billion by 2050 (International Osteoporosis Foundation 2016). Consequently, the need for nursing for patients with fragility fracture across the world is immense. Fragility fracture is one of the foremost challenges for health care providers, and the impact of each one of those expected 9 million hip fractures is significant pain, disability, reduced quality of life, loss of independence and decreased life expectancy. There is a need for coordinated, multi-disciplinary models of care for secondary fracture prevention based on the increasing evidence that such models make a difference. There is also a need to promote and facilitate high quality, evidence-based effective care to those who suffer a fragility fracture with a focus on the best outcomes for recovery, rehabilitation and secondary prevention of further fracture. The care community has to understand better the experience of fragility fracture from the perspective of the patient so that direct improvements in care can be based on the perspectives of the users. This book supports these needs by providing a comprehensive approach to nursing practice in fragility fracture care.
Download or read book Discharge Planning Guide for Nurses written by Judith Waring Rorden and published by Saunders. This book was released on 1990 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here's a practical guide for nurses in helping patients make a transition from one care setting to another. Focuses on DRGs and the critical need for planning and teamwork resulting from early discharge. Provides checklist to help ensure continuity of care, as it relates to health promotion, recuperation, short- and long-term rehabilitation, chronic disease, institutional care, and terminal illness. Also includes legal and ethical considerations.
Download or read book Advances in Patient Safety written by Kerm Henriksen and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: v. 1. Research findings -- v. 2. Concepts and methodology -- v. 3. Implementation issues -- v. 4. Programs, tools and products.
Download or read book Continuity of Care written by Eleanor McClelland and published by Saunders. This book was released on 1985 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Early Discharge Planning and Length of Stay in Acute Hospitals written by Ernestine Brass and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Timely Discharge from Hospital written by Liz Lees and published by M&K Update Ltd. This book was released on 2012 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following on from the very popular first book OCyNurse Facilitated Hospital DischargeOCOOCyIn these challenging economic times, with change and cost saving being predominant features in the NHS, I offer you, the reader, a thought: OC The faster the speed at which you travel, the further ahead you need to lookOCO, to adapt current practice, and align it to future needs, to deliver value for money.OCOLiz LeesTimely Discharge From Hospital is aimed at practitioners working in acute, community, intermediate and ambulatory care settings; all areas of practice are featured. Each section is arranged in themes but written to stand alone, allowing the reader to dip in and out. The book is further enhanced by a comprehensive selection of case studies.Part 1: Fundamental perspectives of practice OCo there are 3 leading chapters which set the scene for the discharge of patients from hospital.Part 2: The UK perspective OCo there are 4 chapters which demonstrate policy, practice and progress regarding discharge planning in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Part 3: Education and training OCo there are 3 chapters which interface theory with practice providing a sense of direction in education to lead and support practitioners wishing to develop mechanisms for training.Part 4: Multi professional considerations of patient discharge in practice OCo there are 7 chapters which explore the contribution of different professionals to timely discharge practice. The Nursing coordination & complex discharge issues, Pharmacy, PALs, Medicine, Occupational Therapy and Bed management are all featured.Part 5: Case examples in practice OCo There are 14 pragmatic cases which illuminate practice points from a clinical perspective."
Download or read book Discharge Planning for Home Health Care written by Barbara Stover Gingerich and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 1994 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discharge Planning for Home Health Care is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to assessing the needs of patients and establishing a coordinated hospital-to-home discharge plan. The referral format and assessment tools provide the user with an organized and systematic approach for the transition of the patient through the continuum of care. This comprehensive resource is based on current reimbursement and regulatory issues and contains over 150 tools for easy application to a broad spectrum of health care settings.
Download or read book Guidelines for Discharge Planning written by Janis H. David and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Managing Nursing Work written by Barbara Vaughan and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Planning for Hospital Discharge written by August Le Rocco and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Nurse s Survival Guide to the Ward Updated Edition E Book written by Ann Richards and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2018-10-11 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Further to the success of the previous editions, A Nurse's Survival Guide to the Ward continues to be the indispensable guide to all the procedures and problems faced by nurses and healthcare professionals every day. Whether you are a clinical practicing student or a qualified nurse, this book is the perfect straightforward reference for every doubt you might have about emergency situations, as well as assessments, clinical procedures and much more. What will you find in this updated edition: Completely updated and revised content written by well-known authors with extensive experience in the field; Up-to-date legal issues, health and safety, professional practice issues and ethics in nursing; Expansions of areas such as oxygen administration, fluid and electrolyte balance and nutrition Completely updated and revised content written by well-known authors with extensive experience in the field; Up-to-date legal issues, health and safety, professional practice issues and ethics in nursing; Expansions of areas such as oxygen administration, fluid and electrolyte balance and nutrition
Download or read book Normal Accidents written by Charles Perrow and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-12 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Normal Accidents analyzes the social side of technological risk. Charles Perrow argues that the conventional engineering approach to ensuring safety--building in more warnings and safeguards--fails because systems complexity makes failures inevitable. He asserts that typical precautions, by adding to complexity, may help create new categories of accidents. (At Chernobyl, tests of a new safety system helped produce the meltdown and subsequent fire.) By recognizing two dimensions of risk--complex versus linear interactions, and tight versus loose coupling--this book provides a powerful framework for analyzing risks and the organizations that insist we run them. The first edition fulfilled one reviewer's prediction that it "may mark the beginning of accident research." In the new afterword to this edition Perrow reviews the extensive work on the major accidents of the last fifteen years, including Bhopal, Chernobyl, and the Challenger disaster. The new postscript probes what the author considers to be the "quintessential 'Normal Accident'" of our time: the Y2K computer problem.
Download or read book Core Topics in Critical Care Medicine written by Fang Gao Smith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-22 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The critical care unit manages patients with a vast range of disease and injuries affecting every organ system. The unit can initially be a daunting environment, with complex monitoring equipment producing large volumes of clinical data. Core Topics in Critical Care Medicine is a practical, comprehensive, introductory-level text for any clinician in their first few months in the critical care unit. It guides clinicians in both the initial assessment and the clinical management of all CCU patients, demystifying the critical care unit and providing key knowledge in a concise and accessible manner. The full spectrum of disorders likely to be encountered in critical care are discussed, with additional chapters on transfer and admission, imaging in the CCU, structure and organisation of the unit, and ethical and legal issues. Written by Critical Care experts, Core Topics in Critical Care Medicine provides comprehensive, concise and easily accessible information for all trainees.
Download or read book Patient Safety and Quality written by Ronda Hughes and published by Department of Health and Human Services. This book was released on 2008 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nurses play a vital role in improving the safety and quality of patient car -- not only in the hospital or ambulatory treatment facility, but also of community-based care and the care performed by family members. Nurses need know what proven techniques and interventions they can use to enhance patient outcomes. To address this need, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), with additional funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has prepared this comprehensive, 1,400-page, handbook for nurses on patient safety and quality -- Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. (AHRQ Publication No. 08-0043)." - online AHRQ blurb, http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/
Download or read book OECD Reviews of Health Systems Switzerland 2011 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10-17 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive review of the Swiss health system focuses on three important issues: health insurance markets, health workforce planning and management and governance of the health system.
Download or read book Discharge Planning Guide written by Jackie Birmingham and published by Hcpro, a Division of Simplify Compliance. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discharge planning has long been a challenge for organizations, but expected revisions to Medicare's Conditions of Participation(CoP) will increase the burden on healthcare facilities, especially in case management departments, by expanding the number and type of discharge plans that must be created. Discharge Planning Guide: Tools for Compliance, Fourth Edition, is a comprehensive resource on the changes to the CoPs, which are set to revamp discharge planning not just for hospitals, but for postacute providers as well. This book provides guidance on developing a discharge planning workflow during a time when hospitals must create discharge plans for a larger percentage of patients than ever. Essential functions of discharge planning, including patient choice, health literacy, communicating with caregivers, and delivery of notices, are presented in a clear and concise format. The book also covers the connection between discharge planning and the revenue cycle, including payment rules, billing and coding implications, and the appropriate use of several claims forms and condition codes. This book will help you: State the purposes of the Social Security Act, the Conditions of Participation and Conditions for Coverage (CoP/CfC), and the Interpretive Guidelines as each relates to discharge planning Identify sections of the CoPs for discharge planning that relate to discharge instructions Explain how utilization review, discharge planning, and case management interface with transition management Describe steps in monitoring the progress of a patient's discharge plan Describe the effect of the discharge planning process efficiency scores and preventable readmission Describe when to use the Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON) according to the Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility (NOTICE) Act for observation patients Discuss payment rules that affect discharge planning Describe types of discharges and transfers from acute care hospitals, critical access hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and home health agencies Outline provisions of the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014 Discuss the revenue cycle implications discharge planning has for hospitals
