Longitudinal nursing case management for elderly heart failure patients: notes from the field.
Longitudinal case management is an intervention delivered by professional nurses that involves following patients from the inpatient to the outpatient arena. The hands-on process of day-to-day case management of elderly persons with heart failure is presented. The issues associated with delivering this intervention to this patient population are examined, and implications for refining the case management process are discussed.
Blaha
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Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA 17033-0850, USA.
Robinson
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Pugh
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Bryan
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Havens
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D000368:Aged; D019090:Case Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000191:economics / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D016294:Models, Nursing; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011788:Quality of Life