ACM study kit
Cheatsheet, term cards, never-miss list, and a seven-day plan. Original study material.
The rule
Screen early, write a plan with owners and a site that has accepted the patient, then evaluate the goal.
If equipment, authorization, or the receiving clinician is missing, the discharge is not secured.
Never miss
- ACMA tests screening, planning, coordination and transitions, and evaluation.
- Observation versus inpatient is an order and a medical-necessity question.
- A sticky note is not the shared plan.
- Friday afternoon empty referrals bounce.
- The patient, the caregiver, and the receiving clinician all need the follow-up date.
- An early return is an evaluation signal, not a chance to recode the first stay.
Traps
- Documenting equipment that has not been delivered.
- Inventing a post-acute authorization number.
- Sending only a face sheet to a skilled-nursing facility.
- Closing the case because the family should cope.
Shortcuts
- Barriers on day one: function, payer class, home, caregiver.
- Preference and safety both stay in the plan.
- Closure names remaining risks and the next owner.
Memory hooks
- SCREEN-PLAN-MOVE-CHECK. The four ACM domains in desk language Hospital case management in one line.
RemoteNurse practice complements ACM preparation.
- Day 1Screening and assessmentRead the Screening and assessment terms, then the never-miss lines that touch this domain.
- Day 2PlanningRead the Planning terms, then the never-miss lines that touch this domain.
- Day 3Coordination and transitionsRead the Coordination and transitions terms, then the never-miss lines that touch this domain.
- Day 4EvaluationRead the Evaluation terms, then the never-miss lines that touch this domain.
- Day 5Screening and assessmentRead the Screening and assessment terms, then the never-miss lines that touch this domain.
- Day 6Mixed recallRun the term cards, then a short drill. Restate the one-line rule out loud.
- Day 7Full drillSit the 15-question exam and review every miss against this kit.