The article on the evidenced-based practice that relates to nursing practice and health assessment was written by Jee Young Joo and Diane Huber. The article was published in the Professional Case Management Journal. The volume number of the article was 19, and the pages that the article can be read are 265- 273. The title of the journal that will be dealt upon in the paper is Evidence- Based Nurse Case Management Practice in Community Health.
The main target group where evidence-based nursing practice and health assessment will focus is the community. The primary purpose of the article was to get the comparison of the effectiveness of the Nurse Case Manager’s interventions and the quality of the outcomes of their work in the community (Joo & Huber, 2014). Nurse Case Management (NCM) is a vital aspect of the nursing profession since they work with registered community Health Nurses to provide services to the healthy and the sick individuals in the community. They also advocate for the best interest of the community and hence ensuring that the community members get the best. The authors of the article used the exploratory, descriptive analysis of the interventions of the Nurse Case Managers to the Medicare beneficiaries in the community setting.
According to Joo and Huber (2014), the main ideas in the peer-reviewed article are that over the last few years, there has been an increase in the access of the Case Management services in the community settings. The other idea is that clinic, home, mixed care and telephone types of Case Management services were now prevalent in the areas that previously did not experience these services. Additionally, the other idea spelled out in the article is that have positively changed patient’s quality measure of outcomes with significant improvement in the quality of life, self-care activities, and the patients wellbeing.
According to me, I think that the writer has fairly addressed all the concerned areas in explaining the evidence based nurse case management practice in the community setting. The article provides a multifaceted approach to the community and the complexities that surround the community setting. The community is a unique set of individuals with different needs (Berkes & Ross, 2013). Young Joo and Diane Huber comprehensively detailed the implications of case manager’s interventions in the community and the manner in which it affects the self-care activities of the vulnerable, the quality of life and the well-being of individuals. After thoroughly going through the article, I did not establish any bias. In order to avoid bias, the authors should meticulously address all the areas without showing partiality (Prentice et al., 2011). In the present case, the authors so not show any preconception of the participants, the research methodology, samples and the analysis of their results.
According to me, the quality of the article is top notch. For an article to be of top quality, it must be visible when searching online, timely regarding using the updated data and relevant. Additionally, the information in the article should be well presented and credible. The present article has all these attributes. These are the primary reasons why I conclude that the article id of great quality.
The researchers of the article did a thorough and comprehensive research. Since they utilized an exploratory, descriptive secondary analysis design, they were able to analyze 11 Nursing Care Management. By considering the number of the nursing care management, the geographical scope covered, the articles reviewed and the number of individuals served by one Nursing Care Managers, it paints a picture of thorough research.
The article is also technically correct, clearly presented and supported. The primary reason is that the authors of the article were able to provide a detailed review of the case management in the community. Additionally, the article results are well supported by a myriad of other research articles touching the topic. Additionally, the conceptual framework used in the study is well provided for the adhered (Joo & Huber, 2014). For an article to be technically correct there is the need to ensure that all the key tenets of a research article are present, the results accurately analyzed, key findings well elucidated and the gaps identified. All these key tenets are present in the article.
However, I think there that the relationship between Nurse Care manager’s interventions and the direct improvement of life and personal well-being could have been enhanced so as to provide more argumentation. The authors provided scant information regarding these elements. The follow-up article should contain a detailed explanation of the key interventions of the Nurse Case Managers in the community setting and the relationship of their interventions to the end results. Additionally, the article should also divide the four modes of intervention in a well-defined manner. The basic reason is to ensure that the limitations of the previous article are dealt upon in the new article. I agree with the article since it augured with my knowledge on Nurse Case management in the community. The article also supported my opinion on community health nursing.
References
Berkes, F., & Ross, H. (2013). Community resilience: toward an integrated approach. Society & Natural Resources, 26(1), 5-20.
Brokel, J. M., Cole, M., & Upmeyer, L. (2012). Longitudinal study of symptom control and quality of life indicators with patients receiving community-based case management services. Applied Nursing Research, 25(3), 138-145.
Joo, J. Y., & Huber, D. L. (2014). Evidence-based nurse case management practice in community health. Professional case management, 19(6), 265-273.
Prentice, D., Ritchie, L., Reynolds, M., Kitson, M., Smith, J., & Schenck, T. (2011). A case management experience: Implementing best practice guidelines in the community. Care Management Journals, 12(4), 130-133.
