Case management nurses are registered nurses who coordinate all aspects of the care of individual patients. They ensure proper utilization of services and resources as well. Case managers provide assistance within, between, and outside of facilities. Nurses working in case management facilitate outstanding patient care using fiscally responsible strategies. They are experts at obtaining resources. Case managers work with patients, families and other professionals. Case managers need to be savvy communicators, well organized, and creative. (www.nursingexplorer.com)
How do you become a nurse case manager?
RN Case Manager Career Steps
Let's discuss the steps you can follow to become an RN case manager.
Step 1: Complete a Postsecondary Nursing Program
Step 2: Become a Registered Nurse
Step 3: Gain Employment Experience
Step 4: Obtain Additional Training in Case Management
Step 5: Obtain Case Manager Certification (study.com)
What is the goal of case management?
Goals of Case Management
The primary goal of case management is to enablevulnerable adults to reside in the setting of their choice with long term services and supports that maximize independence, dignity, and quality of life. Case managers assist clients indevelopinga safe plan of care to achieve this goal, arrange for andcoordinate related services, and provide ongoing monitoring of the care plan. Case managers are also custodians of state resources and must balance client choice with program limits.
Case Managers:
- Assessthe client’s functional and cognitive needs.
- Support/maximize client independence and self-direction.
- Create and monitor care plans, coordinate with agency and Individual Providers to provide in-home services.
- Educate clients, family members, support systems, and other service providers that a comprehensive plan of care is developed within the choices and resources available and that meetingall needs may not be possible.
- Provide client-centered services, evaluating informal and community supports, with an overarching goal of preventing unnecessary institutionalization.(www.agingkingcounty.org)
What is the difference between Care Coordination/Case Manager?
The care coordinator serves as a guide who is responsible for overseeing the community-level team process and takes the lead on cross-system/agency collaboration, pooled resources, collective mandates, family voice and choice, and consensus building. This person also acts as a single point of entry to the whole service system, serves a family rather than a specific child, and follows the family as long as they are receiving any services from any system.
The distinction between a care coordinator and a case manager is the coordinator works with, and guides, the team process and tasks while building collaboration with all parties at the table. The agency-specific case manager works with and guides the service needs of the client specific to that agency. (www.epilepsy.com)
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