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[Financial advocacy: a true reality?].

E Greeff1, I Treadwell

  • 1Medforum Hospitaal.

Curationis
|October 21, 2000
PubMed
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Nurses acknowledge their role in patient financial advocacy but lack formal training and cost awareness. Despite controlling significant prescription spending, their knowledge of dispensary costs remains low, hindering effective cost-saving practices.

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Area of Science:

  • Nursing Practice
  • Healthcare Economics
  • Patient Advocacy

Context:

  • Rising healthcare expenditures necessitate cost-conscious practices.
  • Financial advocacy for patients is not a widespread nursing responsibility.
  • Nurses manage a substantial portion of prescription account utilization.

Purpose:

  • To explore registered nurses' perceptions of financial advocacy for patients.
  • To assess nurses' knowledge of healthcare costs, specifically dispensary stock.
  • To understand the role of nurses in managing patient healthcare expenses.

Summary:

  • A descriptive study surveyed 32 registered nurses in high-care/intensive care units.
  • Nurses recognized their responsibility for cost containment (94%) but had limited formal education (12.5%).

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  • While 60% of informed nurses practiced financial advocacy, cost knowledge was minimal (9%).

    • Impact:

    • Highlights a gap in nursing education regarding healthcare financial advocacy.
    • Suggests a need for improved cost awareness among nurses to optimize resource utilization.
    • Underscores the potential for nurses to play a more active role in reducing patient healthcare costs.