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Assignment - Case Management Organizations and Standards Questions
QUESTION 1 - As per the CMSA, Standards of Practice serves as a unifying force for professional case management practice by providing a common understanding and application of the role, process, and expectations.
Read about the 7 American Case Management Association Standards of Practice in the textbook and open the link for the downloaded Standards of Practice for Case Management.
Create a simple chart to illustrate your answers to the following items.
For each of the seven standards, explain the importance of the standard to nursing and to the patient and their family.
For each of the seven standards, provide an example of the standard within nursing and case management.
Identify your position regarding each of the standards. Is this standard important in healthcare?
CSM's Joint Commission plays a very important role with accreditation and reimbursement. Explain how utilizing the Standards of Practice would help to increase outcomes within healthcare facilities.
Include information from two other scholarly journals that enhance your answers. You must have at least two scholarly references in addition to the textbook.
QUESTION 2 - There are several different case management organizations. Each serves a specific population of case management nurses. Critique the differences between the case management organizations. Include the following aspects in the discussion:
What is the role of each of the organizations in current contemporary healthcare?
Are the organizations supported by evidence-based practice and how are you able to determine this?
Make a case to join one of the organizations.
Respond to your peers as to why or why not you would choose to join them in the organization that they are promoting.