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The Growing Role of Nurse Case Managers

Diversity Nursing

Acting as a liaison between patients, health care providers, and health insurers. Educating patients and their families on relevant health-related matters. Keeping track of health outcomes and suggesting possible treatment changes. Becoming a Nurse CM requires a R egistered Nurse (RN) license.

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Myths and Challenges of Private Duty Nursing

American Nurse

Newly licensed nurses in the US report feeling overwhelmed and unprepared when entering the nursing workforce (Kiger et al., PDN should not be viewed as a drain on state budgets but as a tool to prevent hospitalizations, control health care costs, and support the gainful employment of family caregivers. Health Affairs, 38(6), 987–993.

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Medicare Care Compare: Publicly reported performance measures

American Nurse

Outcome measures may include the incidence of repeat hospitalizations, surgical mortality rates, or the ability of the patient to remain in the community after discharge from home healthcare. CMS defines “value” as improvement in health outcomes for the cost of achieving that improvement.