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Develop a 3-4 page preliminary care coordination plan for a selected  health care problem. Include physical, psychosocial, and cultural  considerations for this health care problem. Identify and list available  community resources for a safe and effective continuum of care.

NOTE: You are required to complete this assessment before Assessment 4.

The first step in any effective project is planning. This assignment  provides an opportunity for you to strengthen your understanding of how  to plan and negotiate the coordination of care for a particular health  care problem.

Include physical, psychosocial, and cultural considerations for this  health care problem. Identify and list available community resources  for a safe and effective continuum of care.

As you begin to prepare this assessment, you are encouraged to  complete the Care Coordination Planning activity. Completion of this  will provide useful practice, particularly for those of you who do not  have care coordination experience in community settings. The information  gained from completing this activity will help you succeed with the  assessment. Completing formatives is also a way to demonstrate  engagement.

Demonstration of Proficiency

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate  your proficiency in the course competencies through the following  assessment scoring guide criteria:

• Competency 1: Adapt care based on patient-centered and person-focused factors.     
  • Analyze a health concern and the associated best practices for health improvement.
• Competency 2: Collaborate with patients and family to achieve desired outcomes.     
  • Describe specific goals that should be established to address a selected health care problem. 
• Competency 3: Create a satisfying patient experience.     
  • Identify available community resources for a safe and effective continuum of care.
• Competency 6: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead patient-centered care.     
  • Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth  transitions; contains few errors in grammar/punctuation, word choice,  and spelling.
  • Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references, exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.

Preparation

Imagine that you are a staff nurse in a community care center. Your  facility has always had a dedicated case management staff that  coordinated the patient plan of care, but recently, there were budget  cuts and the case management staff has been relocated to the inpatient  setting. Care coordination is essential to the success of effectively  managing patients in the community setting, so you have been asked by  your nurse manager to take on the role of care coordination. You are a  bit unsure of the process, but you know you will do a good job because,  as a nurse, you are familiar with difficult tasks. As you take on this  expanded role, you will need to plan effectively in addressing the  specific health concerns of community residents.

To prepare for this assessment, you may wish to:

• Review the assessment instructions and scoring guide to ensure that you understand the work you will be asked to complete.
• Allow plenty of time to plan your chosen health care concern.

Note: Remember that you can submit all, or a portion of, your draft plan to Smarthinking Tutoring  for feedback, before you submit the final version for this assessment.  If you plan on using this free service, be mindful of the turnaround  time of 24–48 hours for receiving feedback.

Instructions

Note: You are required to complete this assessment before Assessment 4.

Develop the Preliminary Care Coordination Plan

Complete the following:

• Identify a health concern as the focus of your care coordination  plan. In your plan, please include physical, psychosocial, and cultural  needs. Possible health concerns may include, but are not limited to:     
  • Stroke.
  • Heart disease (high blood pressure, stroke, or heart failure).
  • Home safety.
  • Pulmonary disease (COPD or fibrotic lung disease).
  • Orthopedic concerns (hip replacement or knee replacement).
  • Cognitive impairment (Alzheimer’s disease or dementia).
  • Pain management.
  • Mental health.
  • Trauma.
• Identify available community resources for a safe and effective continuum of care.

Document Format and Length

• Your preliminary plan should be an APA scholarly paper, 3–4 pages in length.     
  • Remember to use active voice, this means being direct and  writing concisely; as opposed to passive voice, which means writing with  a tendency to wordiness.
• In your paper include possible community resources that can be used.
• Be sure to review the scoring guide to make sure all criteria are addressed in your paper.     
  • Study the subtle differences between basic, proficient, and distinguished.

Supporting Evidence

Cite at least two credible sources from peer-reviewed journals or  professional industry publications that support your preliminary plan.

Grading Requirements

The requirements, outlined below, correspond to the grading criteria  in the Preliminary Care Coordination Plan Scoring Guide, so be sure to  address each point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each  criterion to see how your work will be assessed.

• Analyze your selected health concern and the associated best practices for health improvement.     
  • Cite supporting evidence for best practices.
  • Consider underlying assumptions and points of uncertainty in your analysis.
• Describe specific goals that should be established to address the health care problem.
• Identify available community resources for a safe and effective continuum of care.