Biomedical subjects

L Andruski

Publications and source records attributed to L Andruski.

2 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1999

Enhancing the quality of home health care.

A strong partnership between clinical practice and nursing education is essential to innovative home health care services. Nevertheless, these two components have not always worked in close association for mutual benefit--bringing the two together has been a continuing challenge. Recently, such an alliance was achieved in Edmonton, Alberta, brought on by necessity and triggered by rapid and substantial changes in both home health care and nursing educational environments.

Alberta↗

PubMed1997

Care maps across the continuum.

As hospital length of stay decreases and care shifts to the community, there is a need to develop approaches to ensure uniformity and continuity of care in patient groups. Care maps, multidisciplinary standards that outline the processes of care and expected outcomes within predetermined timeframes, can support a continuum of care from preadmission through hospital stay to discharge from community-based home care by clearly delineating standards across the entire episode of care. However, the development of successful care maps requires extensive collaboration, planning and evaluation.

Continuity of Patient Care↗