Author Question: Nursing students are working on a long-term care unit at a new clinical site. The instructor is ... (Read 52 times)

appyboo · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Nursing students are working on a long-term care unit at a new clinical site. The instructor is concerned because the clinical site is missing some needed components.

In a discussion with the director of nursing, it is determined that the instructor should document the expected and actual outcomes of the experience and compare them. This problem-solving technique is known as ____. a. Difference evaluation
b. Gap analysis
c. Problem analysis
d. Outcome evaluation

Question 2

Actions designed to ensure the coordination and continuity of health care as patients transfer between different locations or different levels of care within the same location are known as:

a. transition of care.
b. continuum of care.
c. rounds.
d. disease management strategies.

pangili4 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
Gap analysis is the difference between the ideal and real situations.

Answer to Question 2

A
The definition of transition of care is a set of actions designed to ensure the coordination and continuity of health care as patients transfer between different locations or different levels of care within the same location (AHRQ, 2011b, p. 1). Transitions of care have become more imperative than ever before in current health care reform.