A nurse executive is writing the job description for the hospital's newly created case manager position
Which job responsibilities should the executive include? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply. 1. Collaborating across disciplines to plan patient care
2. Coordinating care to increase cost-effectiveness
3. Developing nursing service work schedules
4. Reducing fragmentation of care
5. Determining when the patient can be discharged from the facility
1,2,4
Rationale 1: The case manager collaborates with primary health care providers and ancillary services to plan patient care.
Rationale 2: Coordination of complex patient care helps to increase cost-effectiveness.
Rationale 3: The case manager does not develop the nurses' work schedules.
Rationale 4: The case manager sees the "big picture" of the patient's care and can offer guidance and suggestions on how to provide that care seamlessly.
Rationale 5: The case manager may work with the primary health care provider to make this determination but does not make it independently.
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