Case Management for Nurses
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Case Management for Nurses by Anita Finkelman
This is a concise, up-to-date introduction to case management for all nurses. It presents today’s best practices for coordinating care and engaging interdisciplinary teams to deliver patient-centered care with active involvement from patients and families. Drawing on Institute of Medicine recommendations, it covers issues ranging from self-management to evidence-based practice, quality improvement to informatics. Section I clearly describes case management, and explains the case manager competencies, roles, responsibilities, tools, and ethical and legal obligations. Section II’s unique Case Management Reader brings together current literature on case management issues ranging from costs to chronic illness. Critical thinking questions follow every article. Some additional features include: Institute of Medicine current recommendations Coverage of clinical pathways–and other advanced tools available to the case manager Questions and Activities–promoting effective discussion and application of the book’s concepts Realistic cases—at the end of each chapter Up-to-date Internet links–connecting to current information from government, professional organizations, and other sources Complete glossary—presenting today’s common case management terminology Visual presentation–including exhibits, boxed information and figures
Anita Finkelman, MSN, RN, is a visiting lecturer for the Faculties of Health Sciences, Nursing Department, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba, Israel. Recently she was visiting faculty at Northeastern University Bouvü¾Ž–”¼ College of Health Sciences School of Nursing for four years and served as chair for the School of Nursing Accreditation Task Force. Her past positions include assistant professor of nursing at the University of Oklahoma College of Nursing, where she taught undergraduate and graduate nursing research online and was course coordinator for undergraduate nursing research. She was awarded a VANA Program grant to develop an undergraduate long-term experience at the VA Medical Center in Oklahoma City, developing a summer internship and a postgraduate nurse residency program. At the University of Cincinnati, she was associate professor, clinical nursing, and also director of the undergraduate program. She received a BSN from TCU, Fort Worth, Texas, and a master's degree in psychiatric/mental health nursing, clinical nurse specialist, from Yale University. She also completed postmaster's graduate work in healthcare policy and administration at George Washington University, and additional health policy work as a fellow of the Health Policy Institute, George Mason University. Ms. Finkelman has 40 years of nursing experience, including clinical, educational, and administrative positions, and extensive experience developing distance learning programs and online products related to simulation learning and distance education for publishers and healthcare organizations and for curriculum review and revision. She served as director of staff education for two acute care hospitals and director of a large continuing education program at the University of Cincinnati. Her consulting projects have focused on distance education, curriculum, teaching practices, nursing education accreditation, healthcare interprofessional education, health policy, and healthcare administration. Ms. Finkelman has authored many books, chapters, and journal articles, and served on editorial boards. She has lectured on administration, healthcare education, health policy, continuing education, and psychiatric/mental health nursing, both nationally and internationally. In addition to this text, her other recent books are Professional Nursing Concepts, 4th Edition (2019), Jones & Bartlett Learning; Teaching IOM/HMD: Implications of the Institute of Medicine and Health & Medicine Division Reports For Nursing Education, Vol. I and II, 4th Edition (2017), American Nurses Association; and Case Management for Nurses (2011), Pearson Education. The IOM book and the Professional Concepts book have both won publishing awards.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780136121626 |
| ISBN 10 | 0136121624 |
| Title | Case Management for Nurses |
| Author | Anita Finkelman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pearson Education (US) |
| Year published | 2010-08-09 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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