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Conflict And Retention Of New Graduate Nurses, Diane Gardner
Conflict And Retention Of New Graduate Nurses, Diane Gardner
Diane Huber
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Survey Results. Who Helps You With Your Work?, M. Blegen, Diane Gardner, J. Mccloskey
Survey Results. Who Helps You With Your Work?, M. Blegen, Diane Gardner, J. Mccloskey
Diane Huber
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Patient Preferences And Discharge Planning Transitions, Diane Huber, E. Mcclelland
Patient Preferences And Discharge Planning Transitions, Diane Huber, E. Mcclelland
Diane Huber
Discharge planning is an urgently needed nursing intervention. The purpose of this article is to investigate the importance of patient and family preferences and participation for discharge planning and to describe the pilot testing of an instrument to measure patient preferences for discharge planning. The results identified a lack of congruence between patients' and caregivers' preferences, suggesting the need to assess both patients' and families' preferences early and incorporate this in discharge planning that begins at admission to a hospital. The instrument, Patient Participation Preferences Assessment (PPPA), is shown to be a useful, reliable, and valid instrument that can be …
Acuity And Case Management: A Healthy Dose Of Outcomes, Part Iii, Diane Huber, K. Craig
Acuity And Case Management: A Healthy Dose Of Outcomes, Part Iii, Diane Huber, K. Craig
Diane Huber
PURPOSE OF STUDY: This is the third of a 3-part series presenting 2 effective applications--acuity and dosage--that describe how the business case for case management (CM) can be made. In Part I, dosage and acuity concepts were explained as client need-severity, CM intervention-intensity, and CM activity-dose prescribed by amount, frequency, duration, and breadth of activities. Concepts were presented that related the practice of CM to the use of evidence-based practice (EBP), knowledge, and methods and the development of instruments that measure and score pivotal CM actions. Part I also featured a specific exemplar, the CM Acuity Tool, and described how …
Case Managers' Roles And Functions: Commission For Case Manager Certification's 2004 Research, Part I, H. Tahan, Diane Huber, W. Downey
Case Managers' Roles And Functions: Commission For Case Manager Certification's 2004 Research, Part I, H. Tahan, Diane Huber, W. Downey
Diane Huber
The Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC) conducted its third case managers' role and functions study in 2004. The purpose of this research was to validate the currency and relevancy of the certified case manager examination. The results of this study are shared in 2 parts of an article. Part I discusses the process the CCMC used for the development of the Case Manager's Role and Functions Survey Instrument (CMRFSI). The research leads to the identification of 6 new essential functions and 6 new knowledge areas, which describe case management practice. These findings were based on the survey of a …
Evaluating The Impact Of Case Management Dosage, Diane Huber, M. Sarrazin, T. Vaughn, J. Hall
Evaluating The Impact Of Case Management Dosage, Diane Huber, M. Sarrazin, T. Vaughn, J. Hall
Diane Huber
BACKGROUND: Because of the broad range of activities involved and high variance in clients' needs, it is challenging to measure the actual dose of case management in order to assess quality and manage outcomes. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this research is to evaluate the impact of intervention dosage on client outcomes in different case management models within substance abuse treatment. METHOD: A descriptive and repeated measures analysis from a clinical trials data set measured the dosage of case management and evaluated impact on client outcomes. A sample of 598 clients from a substance abuse treatment facility was randomized into one …