Question

How was nursing impacted by managed care?

Answer 1

Ans) Managed Care:

- Method of healthcare delivery designed to provide the highest quality of care at the most cost effective means available.

Goals of managed care:

- control cost
- ensure and improve quality
- improve population health

Nursing impacted by managed care:

Managed care has transformed the learning milieus for nurses with two effects.

- First, nurses have seen their need for informal learning increase while the time and context for that learning has diminished.

- Second, the process of teaching patients and families has also been adversely affected even as managed care creates the need for more patient education.