Advancing nurses’ roles in care coordination
By Elizabeth Moore Traditionally, care coordination has been a central role for nurses, who are key to ensuring patients’ multidimensional…
Care coordination
Care without gaps
ANA, nurses nationwide work to improve transitions in care Mary Maryland, PhD, APRN,BC, ANP, has had to rely on good…
Communication for coordination
Key takeways – Communication across the continuum of care is more than “just read my notes.” – Consistent communication is…
From your ANA President
You can call it by other names, but care coordination has been an essential part of nursing practice for decades.…
From Your ANA President
ANA promotes nursing research through its National Center for
Nursing Quality, the American Nurses Foundation, and integration
of research into practice and policy.
Implementing and evaluating an oral chemotherapy tracking tool
An academic medical center develops guidelines for monitoring medication adherence and side effects in outpatients. Takeaways: A gap exists between…
Issues up close
ANA unveils new Framework for Measuring Nurses’ Contributions to Care Coordination.
Moving forward with nurse-led care coordination
Expert panel contributes to an ongoing body of work. By Sametria McCammon, MSPH, and Ruth Francis, MPH, MCHES RNs are…
Outreach score identifies care coordination needs
Save time, increase intervention efficiency and effectiveness, and enhance patient safety. Takeaways: Care managers spend hours cross referencing multiple sources…
Practice guidelines, standards, consensus statements, position papers: What they are, how they differ
Healthcare agencies and societies frequently issue practice guidelines, standards, and various statements and papers on clinical topics. This article explains how to evaluate these documents and describes the best uses for each type.
Succeeding as a primary care nurse
Isabelle didn’t say much, but you could easily see the kindness in her eyes. With her husband Jacob by her…
This one’s ours!
Nurses know best when it comes to care coordination.
Transitional care—The pathway to integrated care delivery
Clinical and community partnerships reduce hospitalization and emergency department visits. Takeaways: Nurses need to lead the way in redesigning integrated…
