CASE MANAGEMENT II

Catalog description

This course allows the student apply the process and models of case management through the continuing of care, its logistics, similarities and differences with patients of different conditions. It includes the screening of patient’s symptoms and need for servic es; an estimate of the family’s needs; development of intervention protocols, and the development of clinical pathways, including discharge planning. Includes patient and family education, evaluation of the patient’s response to treatment and management ba sed on the analysis of variables. The case manager’s participation related to long term conditions and terminal illness is discussed. Emphasis is on ethical - legal aspects and the relationship to nursing practice.