Survival Strategies for Nurses in Managed Care or Training and Development in Organizations

Survival Strategies for Nurses in Managed Care

Author: Toni G Cesta

This book helps nurse managers define their role in the managed care system, learn strategies in financial management and focus on preventative care, while working on re-engineering patient care delivery systems, utilization, and outcomes management. It addresses topics from defining managed care andexplaining how a company works, to addressing ethical and legal issues that arise in the managed care system.

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Reviewer: Tina M Snapp, BSN (University of Colorado Hospital)
Description: This book provides an excellent overview of the challenges facing nurses in the managed care environment. Both hospital based and managed care nurses are represented.
Purpose: The purpose is to illustate how nursing is influenced by managed care and the challenges that have developed over time. The authors meet their objectives by providing diverse perspectives of the roles of nursing in managed care.
Audience: The book is written for nurses at all levels. Information can be used by nursing students, bedside nurses, and seasoned managed care nurses. The editor is very accomplished in the field, with many publications.
Features: A wide range of topics is covered, including aspects of insurance coverage, payment methodologies, medical management, utilization management, disease management, and quality management in managed care. Data and outcomes management is also reviewed as is the importance of measurement of an effective program. It is unique to see a representation of the challenges faced by facility and insurance-based nurses.
Assessment: This book covers topics that are essential for nurses to understand in order to function in the current managed care environment. It is written so that a novice can easily understand the concepts of managed care and the evolution that has occured over the years. This book also provides some ideas on innovative strategies that facilities have implemented to optimize payment.

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This book helps nurse managers and nurse case managers define their roles in the managed care system. It defines managed care and explains how managed care companies work, and offers information on the impact of managed care on various nursing specialties. Strategies for providing quality care and analyzing cost information are given, and practical tips are presented on utilization management, outcomes management, disease state management, and worker's compensation and disability. Real success stories of nurses working in managed care illustrate principles discussed. Cesta is director of case management at Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers of New York. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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3 Stars from Doody

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Training and Development in Organizations

Author: Irwin L L Goldstein

Sponsored by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, a Division of the American Psychological Association This book brings together research findings from I/O psychology and related disciplines to identify new approaches and strategies for making training more effective. They also provide models for measuring the benefits of training in terms of increased output, payroll savings, and more. You'll discover how better to evaluate training needs, how to design better training methods, and how to structure questionnaires to get the information you want. Includes instructional techniques based on cognitive and behavioral theory and covers such diverse factors as work-group settings, informal training by peers, and the socialization process of the newcomer.

Table of Contents:

Foreword by Raymond A. KatzellPrefaceThe Authors
1. Critical Training Issues: Past, Present, and Future
Part One: Training Systems Issues
2. Assessing Training Needs: Critical Levels of Analysis
3. Using Utility Analysis to Assess Training Outcomes
4. Evaluating Change Due to Training
Part Two: Learning and Cognitive Issues
5. Training the Information Processor: A Review of Cognitive Models
6. Individual Attributes and Training Performance
7. Behavior Approaches to the Training and Learning Process
Part Three: Social Systems Issues in Training Research
8. Aging and the Training and Learning Process
9. Retraining Midcareer Workers for the Future Workplace
10. Socialization, Resocialization, and Training: Reframing the Research AgAnda
11. Training the International Assignee
Part Four: Commentaries on the Training Issues
12. A Historical Perspective on Training
13. The AgAnda for Theory and Research
14. Contributions to the Practice of Training
Name IndexSubject Index