Case Management in Clinical Practice

Catalog description

This course focuses on essential functions, roles and practice settings of case management utilizing case studies as a learning tool. Students will flow through the case management processes from facilitation, integration, coordination of care, and transition of the patient through the continuum of care for conditions including bariatric surgery, geriatric and psychiatric care, drug overdose, and lung cancer. An interdisciplinary structure of care is applied during the assessment, collaborative consultation, and referral to optimize the patient- hospital outcome while maintaining client privacy and confidentiality, health, and safety through advocacy and adherence to ethical, legal, and regulatory guidelines. The student will identify issues pertinent to documentation and evaluate overall patient outcomes. This course is open only to matriculated Respiratory Care students or those with permission of the Program Director. A letter grade of "C+" or better is required for graduation. Pre requisites: RC 220, RC 221, RC 228, RC 230