Healthcare Management Clinical Pathways

Multidisciplinary Action Plans (MAP) plan patient care by combining critical pathways and the nursing care plan.

Critical pathways were first developed in the 1980s.

<p>Diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) are patient classification categories for Medicare reimbursement.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Discharge planning begins with the patient's admission to the hospital.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They provide predetermined templates for specific patient problems.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science for better decision-making.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is a documentation system required for care reimbursed by Medicare.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A payment method where providers receive a fixed amount per enrollee regardless of services used.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Patient, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A best practice derived from valid and reliable research studies that considers the healthcare setting, patient preferences and values, and clinical judgment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sets of performance measures used to gauge the quality of care given to patients compared to evidence-based guidelines.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To promote and maintain health, prevent disease progression, and improve the quality of life.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It facilitates the transition from acute care to home care and ensures continuity of care.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To integrate health care services for individuals or groups and ensure smooth transitions of care.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It helps coordinate care, manages treatment plans, and reduces rehospitalization.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To plan patient care and move patients toward predetermined outcomes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Strategies for assessing, implementing, and evaluating patient care cost-effectiveness.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Primary Care = Common health problems and preventive measures Secondary Care = Specialized clinical expertise for more serious problems Tertiary Care = Management of rare and complex disorders</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rate-setting systems used by Medicare to determine payment rates for inpatient hospital stays.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A model where the nurse assumes total responsibility for all patient needs during their shift.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>At the patient's admission to a hospital or healthcare setting.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They provide predetermined templates for specific patient problems, simplifying nursing care planning.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Tools and systems that help manage and communicate patient data and improve healthcare delivery.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Critical pathways are a strategy for assessing, implementing, and evaluating the cost-effectiveness of patient care.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Standardized interdisciplinary care map for a specific diagnosis.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To standardize care while providing flexibility to meet individualized patient needs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To facilitate the introduction of clinical guidelines and systematic audits into practice.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A nonprofit organization aimed at improving healthcare aimed to save 5 million lives in two years.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Prevent Pressure Ulcers, reduce MRSA infections, prevent harm from high-alert medications, among others.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To save 5 million lives through evidence-based guidelines implementation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To provide the best possible care based on the best available research.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Assessment = Collection, validation, and communication of patient data. Diagnosing = Analysis of patient data to identify strengths and health problems. Planning = Specification of patient outcomes and related interventions. Implementing = Carrying out the plan of care. Evaluating = Measuring achievement of patient outcomes and revising the plan if necessary.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Problem identification, knowledge of the importance of research, identification of patient/family preferences.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Replicability, reliability, validity, individualized care.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By accrediting them and using National Patient Safety Goals to improve patient care.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Interventions included preventing ventilator-associative pneumonia, catheter-associated infections, and others.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nursing informatics</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Improves nurse's workflow</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They provide a basis for nursing diagnoses, outcomes, and interventions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sociodemographic, environment, support system, health status, functional status, and behavioral status.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A fixed amount per enrollee of the health plan</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Roles that promote open communication and facilitate participation by all members.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Patient, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>CNPs, CNSs, CNMs, and CRNAs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Changes in long-term care payment systems and increasing demand for such care.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Coordination of health care services for quality, cost-effective care.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A method where tasks are assigned to personnel based on skills, efficiency, and task specialization.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A system where small teams provide patient care, typically with one RN on each team.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nurses assume total responsibility for all needs of assigned patients during their shift.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The primary nurse takes 24-hour responsibility for planning and delivering patient care.</p> Signup and view all the answers