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M J McElroy

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PubMed1992

Case management with the nurse manager in the role of case manager in an interventional cardiology unit.

Varying external and internal factors are motivating changes in how physicians and nurses deliver patient care within health-care institutions. A care delivery system that has received increasing attention in the literature is case management. This chapter describes how a community hospital implemented case management for patients undergoing percutaneous coronary angioplasty and cardiac catheterization while developing the new role of clinical manager to serve in the role of case manager. The process for planning and implementing such a role change is discussed, and initial evaluative data are presented.

Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary↗
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Decentralized unit orientation: a model for professional practice.

Facilitating use of professional practice models is a goal of nursing administrators and educators. A plan for decentralized unit orientation designed to foster use of nursing process and nursing standards was developed within the division of surgical nursing. Conceptual frameworks, topic selection, behavioral objectives, content outline, teaching strategies, operationalization of the plan, and methods to evaluate learning are described in this article. Staff development educators can use the information to assist unit managers in developing a decentralized unit orientation plan that emphasizes professional practice.

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