Guided care [[electronic resource] ] : a new nurse-physician partnership in chronic care / / Chad Boult ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454377303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Springer, c2009
• ISBN: 1-282-01247-9; 9786612012471; 0-8261-4412-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (237 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BoultChad
• Disciplina: 616; 616.044; 616/.044
• Soggetti: Chronically ill - Care; Geriatric health care teams; Geriatric nursing; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-210) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Challenge-Improving Chronic Care; 2 Guided Care; 3 Is Your Practice Ready to Adopt Guided Care?; 4 First Things First-Preparing to Implement Guided Care; 5 The Starting Line-Putting Guided Care Into Practice; 6 Getting Results With Guided Care-Managing the Model; 7 Balancing the Budget and Obtaining Technical Assistance; Appendices; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Guided Care is an exciting new model used to provide medical and nursing care to clients with chronic conditions. This model works by (1) providing the services of a Guided Care Nurse, as the point of service, within a primary care physician's office, or within a pool of primary care physician's offices, and (2) providing for the certification of the Guided Care nurse. This book provides physicians, nurses, administrators, and leaders of health care organizations with practical, step-by-step guidance for adopting Guided Care Nursing to transform typical primary care practices into ""medical home