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Nursing case management for children with failure to thrive. 1996

M MacPhee, and E Hoffenberg

The case management approach is described for children with nonorganic failure to thrive in the pediatric tertiary care setting. An advanced practice nurse facilitated the organization of a planning committee, the construction of a care path, and the evaluation of the case management model. A 4-day care path is presented to show staff nursing functions in the nurse case manager role. Special issues are discussed for developing care paths for organic-based failure to thrive where parent reports can help guide health care interventions.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D007231	Infant, Newborn	An infant during the first 28 days after birth.	Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D009722	Nurse Practitioners	Nurses who are specially trained to assume an expanded role in providing medical care under the supervision of a physician.	Nurse Practitioner,Practitioner, Nurse,Practitioners, Nurse
D009731	Nursing Audit	A detailed review and evaluation of selected clinical records by qualified professional personnel for evaluating quality of nursing care.	Audit, Nursing,Audits, Nursing,Nursing Audits
D010371	Pediatric Nursing	The nursing specialty concerning care of children from birth to adolescence. It includes the clinical and psychological aspects of nursing care.	Children and Young People's Nursing,Nursing, Pediatric,Nursings, Pediatric,Pediatric Nursings
D005183	Failure to Thrive	A condition of substandard growth or diminished capacity to maintain normal function.	Thrive, Failure to
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012189	Retrospective Studies	Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons.	Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D016294	Models, Nursing	Theoretical models simulating behavior or activities in nursing, including nursing care, management and economics, theory, assessment, research, and education. Some examples of these models include Orem Self-Care Model, Roy Adaptation Model, and Rogers Life Process Model.	Nursing Models,Model, Nursing,Nursing Model,Orem Self-Care Model,Model, Orem Self-Care,Models, Orem Self-Care,Orem Self Care Model,Orem Self-Care Models,Self-Care Model, Orem,Self-Care Models, Orem
D019090	Case Management	A traditional term for all the activities which a physician or other health care professional normally performs to insure the coordination of the medical services required by a patient. It also, when used in connection with managed care, covers all the activities of evaluating the patient, planning treatment, referral, and follow-up so that care is continuous and comprehensive and payment for the care is obtained. (From Slee & Slee, Health Care Terms, 2nd ed)