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A Woodtli

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PubMed1989

Home health care--providing a missing link.

1. If nurses are to provide the continuity of care that helps patients at home achieve expected patient outcomes, nurses must diagnose actual and potential health problems and design a plan of care. 2. Before patient outcomes can be identified, nurses must first recognize, assess, and describe the patient's defining characteristics. 3. The study found that nurses use a limited range of nursing diagnoses and incompletely document the care they give. 4. Results of the study indicated that nurses provide continuity of care between the hospital and home; there is also a need for home-based health care to provide support for elderly caregivers whose health is less than good.

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PubMed1988

Identification of nursing diagnoses and defining characteristics: two research models.

Nursing diagnoses and their defining characteristics associated with one Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) were identified and validated. The clinical-retrospective model and the nurse validation model were used to identify high-volume nursing diagnoses associated with DRG 366, transurethral prostatectomy, and to validate related defining characteristics. For the clinical-retrospective model, 34 patient records classified as DRG 366 were reviewed, nursing diagnoses and their associated defining characteristics were identified and retrospectively validated. The nurse-validation model was implemented by assessing nine patients within DRG 366 over 22 shifts. Analysis using descriptive statistics demonstrated 80% level of agreement on five most frequently identified nursing diagnoses, but lack of agreement on the associated defining characteristics.

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Prospective payment and baccalaureate nursing education: projections for the future.

The implementation of a prospective payment system has had a profound effect on health care delivery in the United States. Providing realistic nursing experiences for baccalaureate students has become a challenge in the new arena of increased patient acuity, decreased length of patient stay in acute care settings, and increased use of home care services. The purpose of this study was to describe changes in the health care system and projected changes in baccalaureate nursing education associated with prospective payment. The descriptive survey design used a mail questionnaire to which deans or their designees from 186 National League for Nursing (NLN) accredited baccalaureate nursing programs responded. Outcomes of the study indicated specific health care delivery changes in all geographic areas and all types of institutions. Projected changes in nursing education included curriculum, teaching methods, and clinical learning experiences.

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Microteaching: developing tomorrow's teachers.

Microteaching is a technique for developing teaching skills. The authors report a study that assessed graduate students' perspectives of a microteaching experience. Information is provided to help current and potential faculty members to improve their teaching skills through microteaching.

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