Collaboration, Case Management & Interdisciplinary Teams

Collaborative practice models attempt to achieve which of the following? Select all that apply.

• Provide client-centered care using a multidisciplinary, integrated, participative framework

• To make healthcare decisions for patients with no input from patients

• Improve client and family satisfaction with care

• Provide mutual respect, communication, and understanding between the client and members of the healthcare team

Communication is key to competent nursing care. What are some barriers that can impede care? Select all that apply.

• Understanding each team members communication style

• Not giving or receiving timely, relevant, and helpful feedback

• Becoming defensive with patient feedback or recommendations

• Ineffectively managing cultural language barriers

You admit a patient with congestive heart failure, chronic renal failure, and end stage chronic obstruction pulmonary disease. Which collaborative team members will be involved with this patients care? Select all that apply.

• pulmonologist

• endocrinologist

• cardiologist

• dermatologist

• nephrologist

Responsibilities of case managers include what? Select all that apply.

• Assessing clients and their homes and communities

• Diverting clients opioids prescriptions for thier use

• Coordinating and planning client care

• Monitoring client's progress

• Evaluating client outcomes

Nursing case management organizes client care by diagnosis-related groups (DRGs). What is the purpose of DRGs?

• Delegate the responsibility of DRGs on the physician

• Allow nurses to work toward a predetermined client outcomes within specific time frames and resources

• Prevent insurance companies from being paid a flat rate

• Only assign children with DRGs

The five elements that are essential to the successful implementation of case management are?

1. Support by key members within the organization

2. Assigning a qualified nurse case manager

3. Collaborative practice teams

4. A quality management system

5. Established critical pathways

• True

• False

What are the purpose of critical pathways?

• Replace diagnosing a client with Rheumatoid arthritis

• Infringe on the clients plan of care, preventing a positive outcome

• Quickly orients the nurse to the client goals that should be achieved for the day

• Provides the custodial services with treatment options for the client

What are examples of the interdisciplinary team members? Select all that apply.

• Nurse manager

• Unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)

• Consulting provider

• Case manager

• Social worker

After developing a plan of care, which team member approaches care in a multidisciplinary team process?

• Case manager

• O.B. Nurse

• Dietician

• Healthcare Provider

How does interdisciplinary teams improve the nurse's ability to manage care?

• Nurse's provide all the care with no help

• Interdisciplinary teams collaborate to contribute to the joint planning and accomplishment of client goals.

• Intradisciplinary teams manage care for clients

• Research proves that interdisciplinary teams are ineffective