Trauma case management: a role for the advanced practice nurse.
Publication/Presentation Date
4-1-2006
Abstract
The care of a critically ill trauma patient is complex and requires the expertise and skill of many healthcare providers. Delays in injury identification and the development of a treatment plan without considering comorbid conditions impede the patient's resuscitation and recovery from the acute injury, delay the rehabilitative phase, and increase the costs. This article will discuss a strategy using an advanced practice nurse as a case manager to assist in prompt identification of the patients' pathologic and physiologic changes and psychosocial and rehabilitative needs and to orchestrate a comprehensive and consistent plan through the continuum of care.
Volume
13
Issue
2
First Page
70
Last Page
73
ISSN
1078-7496
Published In/Presented At
Umbrell C. E. (2006). Trauma case management: a role for the advanced practice nurse. Journal of trauma nursing : the official journal of the Society of Trauma Nurses, 13(2), 70–73. https://doi.org/10.1097/00043860-200604000-00009
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
16884136
Department(s)
Patient Care Services / Nursing
Document Type
Article