Magnet Site Visit Preparation

2022 Magnet Site Visit Preparation Care Delivery Models

What is a Care Delivery Model? A structured system for work assignments, responsibilities, and authority to provide patient care. The four classic nursing care delivery models are: 1. Total patient care- a nurse provides total care to a patient or group of patients during his/her shift 2. Functional nursing- task-oriented as it involves giving a particular nursing function to each worker 3. Team nursing- groups of professional and non- professional nursing personnel work together to identify, plan, implement and evaluate comprehensive patient-centered care 4. Primary nursing – a nurse provides care for a patient during the entire hospital stay or episode of care Units that use the functional nursing model are the operating rooms, PACUs, and procedural units. Intensive care units generally use the Team model. AtlantiCare uses functional and team models depending on the unit or department where nurses provide care. In 2019, clinical nurses revised the care delivery model called the “ Caring Model ” and implemented it on medical and surgical, telemetry, PCU, RCU, and obstetrics units. The Caring model combines total patient care and team nursing to deliver patient care utilizing the following staff: • The Caring Nurse Leader • The Flex Nurse • The Clinical Nurse

• Patient Care Associate • Administrative Associate • Clinical Manager