Author Question: A group of patients with early Alzheimer's disease and their spouses approach you regarding help ... (Read 73 times)

Zulu123 · **on:** Jul 7, 2018

A group of patients with early Alzheimer's disease and their spouses approach you regarding help with the establishment of a local Alzheimer's Society for the support and education of affected individuals and their families.

As a manager in an ambulatory care clinic, what suggestion or advice would you offer this group? a. Self-help groups are, by nature, directed, funded, and led by those requiring help, and therefore, the patients and families should need no help from your clinic.
b. Your healthcare organization would be pleased to help as long as your organiza-tion financially takes over responsibility for direction, leadership, and management.
c. Through partnership, you will provide supports, if possible, that the patients and spouses themselves identify as necessary in the establishment of the group.
d. The services that the patients and spouses are proposing are likely being offered somewhere else already.

Question 2

Mary Lou is studying the 48-hour readmission rate of cardiac patients whose care was provided by nurses with associate degrees versus nurses with bachelor's degrees. The type of research Mary Lou is performing is called _____ research.

a. quality
b. patient outcomes
c. nursing outcomes
d. outcomes management

helenmarkerine · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 7, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
Self-help groups often are made up of, and are directed by, peers who have healthcare needs. A growing trend is the development of community-based geriatric organizations in partnership with healthcare organizations. The request of the patients and their spouses indicates that this service is needed in the community and that they are looking for assistance in setting up the Alzheimer's Society rather than having your agency take over the management of the group.

Answer to Question 2

C
Nursing outcomes research is a subspecialty within the larger field of health outcomes research that focuses on determining the effect of different contexts and conditions, related specifically to nurses and nursing care, on the health status of patients. Nursing outcomes researchers are interested in the structures or management strategies for nursing care delivery, as well as the mix of health care workers best equipped to care for them.