Nurse Practitioners and Team Based CareTeam Based Care is to provide coordinated, high quality, and...
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Administration: P.O. Box 12846 • Austin, TX 78711 • Email: [email protected] • Website: aanp.org Government Affairs: 1400 Crystal Drive, Suite 540 • Arlington, VA 22202 • Email: governmentaff[email protected] Nurse Praconers and Team Based Care The American Associaon of Nurse Praconers (AANP) supports the implementaon of the Instute of Medicine’s (IOM) concept of team based care: “... the provision of health services to individuals, families, and/or their communies by at least two health providers who work collaboravely, to the extent preferred by each paent. The purpose of Team Based Care is to provide coordinated, high quality, and paent-centered care.” (IOM—Best Pracce Innovaon Collaborave, 2012). Collaboraon is defined as the communicaon, coordinaon and cooperave efforts of health care professionals around care delivery. Team based care is a systems approach to care delivery and is not a regulatory construct. The team concepts of well communicated care, coordinated informaon sharing and cooperave partnerships among paents and various health care professionals have always been the foundaon of nursing pracce. It is the belief of AANP that in systems ulizing coordinated care models, such as team based care, the following principles apply: • The paent is the center of the health care team. • Health care teams consist of paents and their health care providers. • The health care team does not belong to a single provider, system or health care discipline. • The health care team is dynamic, with the needs of the paent direcng who best can lead the team at any given point of me. • Characteriscs of the health care team include: o Paent idenfied and supported goals o Mutual trust among all parcipants o Effecve communicaon o Measurable processes and outcomes in the provision of health care services • All members of a health care delivery team should pracce to the fullest extent of their educaonal preparaon in order to provide high quality care for paents at the appropriate me and in various sengs to meet the paents’ needs and desires. • The role of nurse praconers on the health care team will vary, but may include: AANP acknowledges that health care laws must be modernized and barriers removed for health care systems to gain full benefit from all team members and reach the potenal of coordinated team care models. This includes reforming scope of pracce laws to conform to the Naonal Council of State Boards of Nursing APRN Model Pracce Act and Model Rules and regulaons. As in any team, its ulmate success rests on all members performing at their full potenal. Research has demonstrated that ulizing NPs at the top of their ability in all sengs and health systems improves access, decreases cost and enhances high quality outcomes. AANP further believes: • The contribuons of all health care professions are valuable and essenal to posive paent outcomes • Coordinated care delivery comes in many forms • Flexible frameworks are required for innovaon and creaon of emerging models to provide high quality care for diverse populaons of paents, families and the community • Nurse praconer led teams are one of the available coordinated care delivery models for team based care For addional informaon regarding the parcipaon of nurse praconers as members and leaders of health care teams and the full potenal of the nurse praconer workforce, go to www.aanp.org. Think Tank Parcipants: Deanna Babb, Mona Counts, Angie Golden, Penny Kaye Jensen, Tay Kopanos, Sean Lyon, Thomas Mackey, Nancy O’Rourke, Julie Stanik-Hu, Jan Towers, Wendy Wright, Nancy Zaner © Copyright American Associaon of Nurse Praconers 2012 Revised 2013 Advocate Educator Manager Clinician Evaluator Partner Consultant Leader Transformer
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Administration: P.O. Box 12846 • Austin, TX 78711 • Email: [email protected] • Website: aanp.orgGovernment Affairs: 1400 Crystal Drive, Suite 540 • Arlington, VA 22202 • Email: [email protected]
Nurse Practitioners and Team Based Care
The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) supports the implementation of the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) concept of team based care: “... the provision of health services to individuals, families, and/or their communities by at least two health providers who work collaboratively, to the extent preferred by each patient. The purpose of Team Based Care is to provide coordinated, high quality, and patient-centered care.” (IOM—Best Practice Innovation Collaborative, 2012). Collaboration is defined as the communication, coordination and cooperative efforts of health care professionals around care delivery. Team based care is a systems approach to care delivery and is not a regulatory construct.
The team concepts of well communicated care, coordinated information sharing and cooperative partnerships among patients and various health care professionals have always been the foundation of nursing practice. It is the belief of AANP that in systems utilizing coordinated care models, such as team based care, the following principles apply:
• The patient is the center of the health care team.• Health care teams consist of patients and their health care providers.• The health care team does not belong to a single provider, system or health care discipline.• The health care team is dynamic, with the needs of the patient directing who best can lead the team at any
given point of time.• Characteristics of the health care team include:
o Patient identified and supported goalso Mutual trust among all participantso Effective communicationo Measurable processes and outcomes in the provision of health care services
• All members of a health care delivery team should practice to the fullest extent of their educational preparation in order to provide high quality care for patients at the appropriate time and in various settings to meet the patients’ needs and desires.
• The role of nurse practitioners on the health care team will vary, but may include:
AANP acknowledges that health care laws must be modernized and barriers removed for health care systems to gain full benefit from all team members and reach the potential of coordinated team care models. This includes reforming scope of practice laws to conform to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing APRN Model Practice Act and Model Rules and regulations. As in any team, its ultimate success rests on all members performing at their full potential. Research has demonstrated that utilizing NPs at the top of their ability in all settings and health systems improves access, decreases cost and enhances high quality outcomes.
AANP further believes:• The contributions of all health care professions are valuable and essential to positive patient outcomes• Coordinated care delivery comes in many forms• Flexible frameworks are required for innovation and creation of emerging models to provide high quality care
for diverse populations of patients, families and the community• Nurse practitioner led teams are one of the available coordinated care delivery models for team based care
For additional information regarding the participation of nurse practitioners as members and leaders of health care teams and the full potential of the nurse practitioner workforce, go to www.aanp.org.
Think Tank Participants: Deanna Babb, Mona Counts, Angie Golden, Penny Kaye Jensen, Tay Kopanos, Sean Lyon, Thomas Mackey, Nancy O’Rourke, Julie Stanik-Hutt, Jan Towers, Wendy Wright, Nancy Zaner
© Copyright American Association of Nurse Practitioners 2012Revised 2013
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