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Of all the recent changes in health care, none more dramatically affected both patients and care providers than managed care. Not only has it altered the way we pay for health care, but also it has compelled a change in the way we approach health care, focusing increasingly on preventive care to reduce costs. In this book, the author and her colleagues examine the impact of managed care on nursing as a profession and nurses as individual caregivers. Managed Care: Practice Strategies for Nursing will serve as an excellent course text on nursing and managed care, as well as a useful introduction and shelf reference for professional nurses at all levels of practice.
Health Care Reform: An Opportunity for Nursing
Health Care Reform: An Opportunity for Nursing
“We can never go back to before.”
—Ragtime (musical by T. McNally)
Health care delivery in the United States is undergoing profound change. What has been in the past is gone and will probably never return. Instead, health care providers need to learn new ways to succeed in the changing environment. This new health care system is referred to as managed care, words that bring fear to many, both providers as well as recipients of health care. However, fear can be conquered through knowledge. It is essential that health care professionals become informed about the values inherent in the managed care system and the strategies used in its operation. Nurses, in particular, ...
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