6 pages in length. The writer discusses purpose, review of literature, variables, hypothesis and methodology as they relate to effects of case management on the nursing context. No additional sources cited.
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case management as it relates to nursing practice, with particular attention upon perceived quality of care delivered, work satisfaction, and control over nursing practice (Lynn et al, 1997). II.
REVIEW OF LITERATURE There exists an inherent connection between those who enter the nursing field and their desire to help others. They
discover that the best way to make a difference in someones life is to be there in their most desperate of times. This is why nursing is such a
tremendously rewarding career: just by offering a piece of oneself, an individual can make a lasting impression, while at the same time assisting in a persons recuperation. The perceived
quality of care delivered by nursing staff is of paramount importance to ones performance. One particular aspect of the job that leads to a negative perception is when nurses
feel powerless to help their patients. Their primary objective is to decrease pain and minister lifesaving medications; when one or both of these fail to address the patients illness,
there is a considerable sense of hopelessness that accompanies that failure. It is not uncommon for nurses to become emotionally attached to their patients, only to watch them die
one after another in spite of their good care. "The primary goals for the case management project were to ascertain if case management positively influenced: (a) the process of
patient care, especially the patients ability to handle post-discharge needs, (b) the nurses perceptions of the care they delivered and their work satisfaction" (Lynn et al, 1997, p. 237-241).
A particular theoretical/conceptual model influences ones view of nursing as a discipline and approach to nursing practice. While all nursing models have