Care Transitions Models 2014 - Care Transitions Models and the Role of the RN and APN

Overview: There are a variety of Care Transitions models that have been developed and tested for their ability to improve quality of care. We will discuss several care transitions models, looking at their development, how they are staffed and how they function. The benefits of care transitions models that have been demonstrated through research will be reviewed. This leads us into a discussion regarding the role of RNs and APNs as care coordinators in care transitions models. Assuring that care is coordinate and that a patient is efficiently transitioned from one level of care to another is the overarching role of the care coordinator. RNs and APNs by virtue of their education and scope of practice are well positioned to assume the care coordinator role, managing the patient’s care across the continuum.
Why should you attend: The continuing change in reimbursement models, as well as the increase in the use of pay for performance, necessitates assuring that patients are followed throughout the continuum of care. Understanding the models that have been developed to support a patient through their transition in levels of care is critical to the success of hospitals and post-acute care settings. In addition, the implementation of care transitions models enhances quality of care and improves healthcare outcomes. The success of care transitions program is dependent on RNs and APNs following the patient through their transitions in care to assure that they do not slip through the cracks, that their care is coordinated and optimal.
Areas Covered in the Session:
Different Care Transitions Models
How they enhance quality of care
How they enhance healthcare outcomes
The role of the care coordinator
The role of the RN as a care coordinator
The role of APNs as a care coordinator
Who Will Benefit:
Hospital CEO, COO, CNO
Home Care CEO, COO, CNOs
Discharge Planners
Utilization Review Nurses
social Workers
Skilled Nursing Facility Administrators and DONs
Physicians
Care Transitions Coordinators
Community and Parish Nurses
Dr. Aagard is on the faculty of Minnesota State University, Mankato, teaching in the School of Nursing. In addition, she teaches for Capella University in the master’s and doctorate in public health programs. Previously Dr. Aagard was an Associate Professor of Nursing at Augsburg College in Minneapolis, MN, teaching in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Master of Arts in Nursing and Doctorate of Nursing Practice programs. She is a visiting professor at the Universities of Amsterdam and The Hague, Netherlands.
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