Case Management – Chronic Disease
Ever wondered what is meant by the term Case Manager or Case Management? This course will explain the principles of case management and help nurses to understand the key role this plays in the success of patient care. It will explain how collaboration, assessment, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation play an integral part in therequirements to meet individual health needs. An effective case management system can actively manage patient care from admission to discharge. This course will introduce and explain the case management approach to the management of long-term conditions. The course will help Nurses to develop a confident approach to understanding and managing long-term conditions. You will also develop your clinical skills by understanding head-to-toe clinical examination and assessment. This course will also help you understand the importance of training and mentoring and development of competence. Competence based frameworks and clinical development plans are discussed.
Course Content
The role of the Case Manager:
- Case management principles and practice
- Care co-ordination
- The five C’s
- Understand the appropriate use of continuum of care
- Introduction to models of care and trajectories
- An overview of chronic conditions and acute episodes
- Epidemiological evidence and statistics
Clinical Skills and History Taking
- An introduction to history taking and clinical examination
- Case studies
- Case analysis
- Common abnormalities
- Practical workshop: practice sessions throughout the course
Disease Management
- COPD, asthma & neurological conditions
- Applied anatomy and physiology
- Diagnosis and on-going assessment
- Sp02 readings
- Home oxygen
- Self-management plans
- Risk assessment
Heart Failure & Coronary Heart Disease
- Applied anatomy and physiology
- Assessment
- Interventions, secondary prevention of MI
- Hypertension
Diabetes
- Overview of diabetes
- Managing diabetes
- Self-management of hypoglycaemia / Hyperglycaemia.
- Importance of diet and exercise
Understanding Chronic Conditions and the Disease Trajectory
- Kaiser Model
Changes in condition
- How to recognise changes in condition
- Medication management
- The importance of medication reviews and management
- Pharmacological interventions
- Medication and discharge process
- The importance of patients’ understanding of medication on discharge
Quality, Cost Effectiveness and Outcomes
- Understanding correct coding and documentation
- Discussion regarding resource management and health economics
- The importance of communication between secondary and primary care and recognition of early interventions
- Health risk assessment strategies and stratification
Managing Transitions
- Discharge planning and communication between care providers
- Communication with families and relatives
- Readmission rates
- Safe, smooth and sustained discharge
- No simple discharge
Advance Care Planning
- Understanding the importance of end of life issues and disease trajectories
- Understanding the importance of decision making in advanced care planning
- Communication strategies
- Communicating with relatives
- Advance directives
- Care goals
Training and Mentoring
- An introduction to competency based frameworks
- Personal development plans
- Evidence-based practice
- Training, coaching and mentoring in practice
Aims/Objectives
- To understand the practice and principles of effective case management.
- To develop competent assessment and management skills in patient care
- To understand the importance of communication and the multidisciplinary team
- To understand transition planning
- To develop skills in teaching patients self-management strategies
- To recognise changes in condition and the management of acute episodes
Duration
5 days
Price
£675.00 per person, including course materials and a certificate of attendance.
Course dates
In addition to any scheduled courses, we can also deliver this course to groups on your own site. For more information, contact us for details.
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