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Nurse competencies for transitions of care: Implications for education and practice
- Source :
- Nursing Forum. 56:358-364
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Hindawi Limited, 2020.
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Abstract
- Although there are a number of transitions of care initiatives that address specific needs as patients move across healthcare settings, adverse events still occur during handoffs. Transitions of care create periods of vulnerability for populations with complex needs that include communication gaps, medication changes, and poorly coordinated treatment plans, often without involving patients and their families. This paper outlines what nurses need to know to provide for safe transitions of care across the healthcare continuum. The theoretical basis for transitions of care at the macro level, examples of nurse-led models for transitions of care, and key activities and implications for nursing education and practice are described. A holistic framework for effective transitions of care across healthcare settings can guide nursing educators in the development of specific nursing competencies for transitions of care.
- Subjects :
- 030504 nursing
business.industry
Communication
digestive, oral, and skin physiology
Vulnerability
Nurses
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Nursing
Need to know
Faculty, Nursing
Healthcare settings
Health care
Macro level
Humans
Clinical Competence
030212 general & internal medicine
Nurse education
Education, Nursing
0305 other medical science
Psychology
business
General Nursing
Complex needs
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17446198 and 00296473
- Volume :
- 56
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nursing Forum
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e4037e8250a125cf4d6ca207011b3534
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/nuf.12544