The hospital's nurse case manager has been extensively involved with a shooting victim and members of the client's family in coordinating care of providers from many disciplines as the client progressed from the emergency department (ED)
to the intensive care unit (ICU) and then onto the medical-surgical unit. After 3 weeks of hospitalization, the case manager is helping to prepare the client for discharge to a rehabilitation center where treatment will continue. Which outcomes have been documented in the literature as benefits of such collaboration?
Select all that apply.
A) Improved client outcomes
B) Reduction in duplication of healthcare services
C) Increased overall cost of health care services
D) Decreased client morbidity and mortality
E) Higher level of job satisfaction
Answer: A, B, D, E
Research findings suggest that collaboration in health care among clients, family members, caregivers, and communities leads to improved client outcomes, a reduction in duplicated healthcare services, and a decrease in client morbidity and mortality. Collaborative efforts have also been found to decrease, rather than increase, the overall cost of healthcare services, and to contribute to an enhanced, rather than diminished, sense of autonomy. This increase in sense of autonomy has been linked to nurses' greater job satisfaction.
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