This section contains elements of competency in informatics nursing practice required of the CCTM RN. These competencies include: (1) Use of health information technology that is aligned with the RN-CCTM Model; (2) Explain why information and technology skills are essential for safe patient care; (3) Integration of national quality strategy requirements with use of HIT to improve care coordination and transition management.
The core concept of the reconceptualized model of certified practice - the AACN Synergy Model for Patient Care - is that the needs or characteristics of patients and families influence and drive the characteristics or competencies of nurses. Synergy results when the needs and characteristics of a patient, clinical unit or system are matched with a nurse's competencies.
This resource is a modified version of the LACE tool, focused on nursing; and incorporating additional checklists for more comprehensive discharge planning and assessment.
The LACE tool is one of meany designed to assess risk of patient readmission or death upon discharge.
The 8P Screening Tool is designed to identify a patient's risk for adverse events after discharge.
The National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators® (NDNQI®) delivers evidence to support the importance of nurse sensitive measures in overall patient experience strategy.
The CALNOC registry captures and benchmarks unit data, structural measures, process measures, and outcome measures.
Dementia Care MappingTM is designed to empower staff teams to engage in evidence-based critical reflection in order to improve the quality of care for people living with dementia. It provides a direct and ongoing evidence base for practice and practice change. As such, it provides an excellent example of the principles of care mapping, in general; for any condition.
A functional assessment tool used for care planning with the geriatric patient.
The law provides numerous rights and protections that make health coverage more fair and easy to understand, along with subsidies (through “premium tax credits” and “cost-sharing reductions”) to make it more affordable; including expanding the Medicaid program to cover more people with low incomes.
The IHI Triple Aim is a framework developed by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement that describes an approach to optimizing health system performance.