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Introduction to Care Coordination and Nursing Management

Author(s): Laura J. Fero, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina
Charlotte Herrick, RN, PhD, Professor Emeritas, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina
Jie Hu, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763771607
  • Paperback    366 pages      © 2011
Price: International Sales $75.95 US List
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Overview

Introduction to Care Coordination and Nursing Management is an introduction and overview of nursing case management across the health care continuum. It covers topics that address health care management in the hospital as well the community, such as Congregational Nursing and introduces the student to being a potential private practitioner touching on entrepreneurship, consultation and marketing. Each chapter includes discussion questions and short assignments to help students learn.

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Chapter 1  Introduction to Nursing Case Management
Chapter 2  Cultural Competency
Chapter 3  Managed Care - Examining today’s health care system
Chapter 4  Case Management: An Overview
Chapter 5  Models of Care
Chapter 6  Nursing Case Management: Building Collaborative Relationships with Patients
Chapter 7  The Case Manager in Private Practice
Chapter 8  Marketing
Chapter 9  Consultation
Chapter 10  New Trends in the Evolution of Case Management: Faith Community Nursing
Chapter 11  Disease Management
Chapter 12  Telehealth
Chapter 13  Outcomes Management
Chapter 14  Ethical Issues in Nursing Case Management
Chapter 15  Legal Issues in Nursing Case Management
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Laura J. Fero, PhD, RN-Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina

Dr. Fero received a BS in nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her and MSN in nursing administration from University of Phoenix. She received a PhD in nursing from the University of Pittsburgh. She has extensive experience in developing and administering acute care case management programs and also the development of cardiac and pulmonary disease management programs. Dr. Fero has presented at international, national, regional, state, and local conferences. She has published numerous articles in refereed journals.

Charlotte Herrick, RN, PhD-Professor Emeritas, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina

Charlotte A. Herrick is a Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Department of Community Practice in the School of Nursing a the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She has both practiced and written extensively on mental health across the lifespan. She is formerly Chair of Community Mental Health and taught at the University of South Alabama in Mobile. While in Mobile, she worked in a school for special children and co-wrote one of the first System of Care national grants that was implemented at the School for Special Children. Other involvement in System of Care was at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where she was instrumental in infusing System of Care concepts into nursing courses. Currently she teaches System of Care in the Psychosocial Nursing course and in Case Management in Nursing and also teaches as part of the interdisciplinary faculty team in the System of Care course. Professional and voluntary involvements include the American Nurses Association, the American Psychiatric Nursing Association, the International Society of Psychiatric Nurses, Case Management Society of America, Mental Health Associations in four states and is on the Advisory Board for Congregational Nursing for Moses Cone Health Systems in Greensboro, North Caroline. She is married to a child psychiatrist and together they have five children and thirteen grandchildren with another on the way.

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Jie Hu, PhD, RN-Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina

Dr. Hu received an MSN in nursing from the University of Arizona in 1993 and a PhD in 2000. She has taught case management since 2006 at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Additionally, Dr. Hu has presented internationally, nationally, and locally. She has published numerous articles in refereed journals. 

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Designed for students in the MSN Nursing Administration track, case management programs, and electives.

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