Ch. 14

Front 1

Total Patient Care
(case method)

Back 1

oldest mode of care, nurses assume total responsibility during their time on duty for all assigned patients.

Front 2

Functional Method

Back 2

Personnel assigned to specific tasks

Front 3

Team Nursing

Back 3

Wanted to decrease fragmented care from functional method, no more than five people on team

Front 4

Modular Nursing

Back 4

a mini team (2-3) aka care pairs

Front 5

Primary Nursing
(Relationship-based nursing)

Back 5

Brings RN back to the bedside, requires 1 to 1 relationship

Front 6

Associate nurses

Back 6

they follow the care plan established by primary nurse when primary nurse is off duty.

Front 7

Case Management

Back 7

another work design that meets patient needs- its a collaborative process and involves communication and resources

Front 8

Acute-care case management

Back 8

integrates utilization management and discharge planning functions & may be unit based, assigned by pt. disease based or primary nurse case managed.

Front 9

Multidisciplinary action plans
(MAP)

Back 9

A combo of critical pathways and a nursing care plan. It indicates when interventions should occur.

Front 10

Variance

Back 10

Anything that occurs to alter the pt.'s progress through the normal critical path.

Front 11

Cycle time reduction

Back 11

reviewing an existing process that provides a product or service; determining when theres wasted time or effort.

Front 12

Disease Management
(aka: population-based health care or continuous health improvement)

Back 12

Comprehensive, integrated approach to the care and reimbursement of high-cost, chronic illnesses.( Based on population not individual pt.'s like case management).

Front 13

Cost Drivers

Back 13

Reduces exacerbations of disease acute eposes and use of expensive resources and proactive case management.

Front 14

Differential nursing practice

Back 14

delineates different roles for nurses based on their skill, knowledge, edu. level, and motivation.