Chronic Illness: Impact and Intervention, Seventh Edition
Pamala D. Larsen, PhD, CRRN, FNGNA, Associate Dean and Professor, Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
Ilene Morof Lubkin, RN, MS, GNP, California State University, California
Print ISBN-13: 9780763796068 | Ebook ISBN: 9781449605162 | © 2009
Topics: AJN, New Edition, Impact, nursing, nursing practice, illness, Medication, medication, new edition, Nurse Practitioner, chronic, intervention, managed care, management, nursing care, nursing practice
After publishing Handbook of Geriatric Care Management, Third Edition, author Cathy Cress answers some questions about the geriatric care management field and profession.
What is geriatric care management?
Geriatric Care Managers (GCMs) are healthcare professionals trained as social workers, nurses, and gerontologists. They often hold master’s degree in their field and have many years of practice. Many new GCMs hold new master’s degrees or certifications in geriatric care management, which now are offered an eight universities nationally.
What does a Geriatric Care Manager (GCM) do?
Geriatric Care Managers solve the problems of older people and aging families with tools of geriatric assessment and care plans. They solve the changing needs of older clients and their family and private and family caregivers by regularly monitoring and assessing their needs.
Geriatric Care Managers are available on a 24/7 basis. They usually step in when the older person and their family are in crisis, to solve elder care problems like elderly parents needing care because of a fall or some other issue that spirals the older person’s stability out of control. GCMs also offer preventative services like helping older people and their families plan for care needs in the future.
Topics: health care, geriatric care manager, Health care, managed care, nursing care
Jones & Bartlett Learning is pleased to announce the recent publication of:
Nurse Practitioner's Business Practice and Legal Guide, Fourth Edition
Carolyn Buppert, CRNP, JD, Attorney
ISBN-13: 978-0-7637-9974-8 | Hardcover | 520 pages | © 2012
Now in its Fourth Edition, best-selling Nurse Practitioner’s Business Practice and Legal Guide continues to provide a solid foundation for students and practicing nurses to build confident and effective practices. A must-have resource for every new or current Nurse Practitioner (NP), it defines what an NP is and does while explaining the legal scope with specific state and federal regulations.
Completely updated and revised with crucial state-by-state appendices, Nurse Practitioner’s Business Practice and Legal Guide, Fourth Edition offers expert insights on prescribing, hospital privileges, negligence and malpractice, risk management, health policy, ethics, and measuring NP performance.
Topics: nurse practitioner, business plan, Law, Nurse Practitioner, Best practice, best practices, Business plan, Ethics, ethics, law, Malpractice, malpractice, managed care