Author Question: The hospital administrator approves a case management position for a new rehabilitation unit to help ... (Read 41 times)

PhilipSeeMore · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

The hospital administrator approves a case management position for a new rehabilitation unit to help reduce costs. In developing the job description, the nurse manager understands that a key element of case management is:

a. Managing of care by nurse managers.
b. Coordination of resources for effective outcomes.
c. Rapid discharge of clients to decrease costs.
d. Managing of care for outpatient clients only.

Question 2

The nurse's two main legal responsibilities in delegation are to assess the competency of the delegatee and to assess ____.

a. How many nurses are available to supervise
b. How much supervision time is needed
c. The client condition severity level of the patient population
d. The expiration date of the license

alexisweber49 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
The key to effective case management is proactive coordination of care from the point of admis-sion to accomplish appropriate and effective outcomes. Case management involves components such as case selection, multidisciplinary assessment, collective planning, coordination of events, negotiation, and evaluation and documentation of the outcomes of patient status in measures of cost. Case management is employed in a variety of settings.

Answer to Question 2

B
The nurse's responsibility in delegation is to assess the competency of the delegatee and to su-pervise adequately afterward (Barter & Furmidge, 1994).