II. Patient Care Delivery System
II. Patient Care Delivery System
II. Patient Care Delivery System
Management
II. Patient Care Delivery System
Course Outcome/Learning Outcome
Course Outcome
1. Provide safe, appropriate and holistic care to individuals, families, population groups and community
utilizing the nursing process .
Learning Outcomes:
1. Assess with the client (individual, family, population groups and communities), one’s health
status/comprehensively
2. Formulate with the client a plan of care to address the health conditions, needs problems, and issues
based on priorities
3. Implement safe and quality interventions with the client to address the health needs problems and
issues
4. Provide health education using selected planning models to targeted clientele.
5. Evaluate with the client the health status/competence and/or expected outcomes of nurse-client
working relationship
6. Institute appropriate corrective actions to prevent or minimize harm arising from adverse effects
7. Integrate relevant principles of social, physical, natural
Chapter Topics Outline
● Example: one nurse may only administer medications while another nurse
admits and discharges patients..
Characteristics
1. A functional method is a technical approach of nursing
care.
2. The available staff in the unit, for a particular period of
time, are assigned selected functions of nursing practice
such as vital signs, treatments, medications.
3. All the responsibilities are assigned in accordance with
the expertise.
4. The only person who has responsibility of the client is
the head nurse or nurse acting the role
Team Nursing
● Established in the 1950’s
● Similar to the functional model, but it operate on a larger
scale
● Senior nurse takes charge of delegating tasks throughout
the group.; RN’s cares for most serious ill patients; Aides
assist ambulatory patients with bathing and grooming;
Team leader usually administers medication and monitors
parenteral fluid therapy.
● Example: unit I came utilizes one CN, one RN, and one to work as
a team to care for a group of 9-12 patients
Primary Nursing
● Model favors a more holistic patient throughout
hospital stay
● A more comprehensive model which can improve
continuity of care and foster stronger relationships
between patients and the care team.
● This model facilitates a better work-life balance for
care providers, but it doesn’t always fit well with the
primary care delivery.
Because of….
countries
•Validation studies of roles and responsibilities