Final Exam: NR 446 NR446 Latest

Final Exam: NR 446 / NR446 (Latest

Update 2025 / 2026) Collaborative Healthcare | Questions & Answers | Grade A | 100% Correct – Chamberlain

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Six driving forces to increase nursing’s power base

Answer:

• The timing is right
• The size of the nursing profession
• Nursing's referent power
• Increasing knowledge base and education for nurses
• Nursing's unique perspective
• Desire of consumers and providers for change

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total patient care

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The *oldest mode of organizing patient care*; Nurses assume *total responsibility for meeting the needs of all assigned patients* during their time on duty. also called case method of assignment because patient may be assigned as cases.

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Functional model

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created when there was a shortage of nurses after WWII. Personnel were assigned to complete certain tasks rather than care for specific patients.

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Team nursing

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created to reduce the fragmented care that accompanied fragmented nursing.Ancillary personnel collaborate in providing care to a group of patients under the direction of a professional nurse. As the team lead, you must know the condition and needs of all patients assigned to your team and for planning individual care.

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Primary nursing

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also called relationship based nursing. uses some concepts of total patient care and brings the RN back to the bedside to provide clinical care. Originally designed for hospitals but can lend itself well to home health nursing

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Case management

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collaborative process of assessment, planning, facilitation, and advocacy for options and services to meet an individual's health needs through communication and available resources to promote quality cost effective outcomes.

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Disease management

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also called population based health care and continuous health improvement.Comprehensive, integrated approach to the care and reimbursement of high cost, chronic illnesses. goal to address such illnesses or conditions with max.efficiency across treatment settings regardless of typical reimbursement patterns.

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Nurse navigator

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new role for professional nurses, help patients and families navigate the complex health care system by providing information and support. commonly occurs in targeted clinical settings.

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clinical nurse leader

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-master's prepared generalist clinician -oversees care coordination of a distinct group of patients, evaluates outcomes and has the decision- making authority to change

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patient and family centered care

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represents change in the paradigm of care and strongly influence how care must be delivered based on premise that care should be organized first and foremost around the needs of patients.

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