Course Description
This course focuses on innovative, integrated nursing case and care management models within the context of assessment, planning, implementation, collaboration, negotiation, and evaluation. The critical competencies and strategies in managing risk and legal liabilities, seeking and obtaining interdisciplinary support, coordination of services across placement settings, and client and caregiver education are discussed. An emphasis will be on the strategies effective in the management of care for diverse populations in urban settings. Students will discuss functions and issues in evolving role demands, opportunities, and responsibilities of the nurse case manager.
Course Objectives
1. Examine the importance of critical thinking skills when using knowledge obtained from nursing, the humanities and the biological and social sciences in the application of case management theory.
- General Education Learning Goal: Knowledge – Develop Knowledge from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, and develop the ability to deepen and continue learning.
2. Utilize technological advances to increase efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of health care.
- General Education Learning Goal: Skills– Acquire and use the tools needed for communication, inquiry, analysis, and productive work.
3. Develop therapeutic communication skills necessary for practice in a variety of healthcare settings where case management models are in place.
- General Education Learning Goal: Skills–Acquire and use the tools needed for communication, inquiry, analysis, and productive
4. Demonstrate knowledge and skills related to case management interventions to affect culturally competent care to persons across the lifespan.
- General Education Learning Goal: Knowledge – Develop Knowledge from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, and develop the ability to deepen and continue learning.
- General Education Learning Goal: Skills–Acquire and use the tools needed for communication, inquiry, analysis, and productive work.
5. Explain the importance of the collaborative role of the nurse in case management.
- General Education Goal: Integration – Work productively within and across disciplines.
6. Apply principles of leadership in nursing case management.
- General Education Learning Goal: Values, Ethics, and Relationships – Understand and apply values, ethics and diverse perspectives in personal, professional, civic and cultural/global domains.
7. Apply principles of evidence-based practice in nursing case management.
- General Education Learning Goal: Values, Ethics, and Relationships – Understand and apply values, ethics and diverse perspectives in personal, professional, civic and cultural/global domains
8. Practice a system of personal and professional ethics as applied to case management.
9. General Education Learning Goal: Values, Ethics, and Relationships – Understand and apply values, ethics and diverse perspectives in personal, professional, civic and cultural/global domains.
10. Gain knowledge and skills required to seek new opportunities related to case management interventions to effect quality care outcomes across populations and settings.
- General Education Learning Goal: Knowledge – Develop Knowledge from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, and develop the ability to deepen and continue learning.
- General Education Learning Goal: Skills–Acquire and use the tools needed for communication, inquiry, analysis, and productive work.
11. Discuss fundamentals of case management standards of care and practice along with the consumer, regulatory agency and health policy demand for quality of care outcomes.
- General Education Goal: Integration – Work productively within and across disciplines.
- General Education Learning Goal: Knowledge – Develop Knowledge from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, and develop the ability to deepen and continue learning.
- General Education Learning Goal: Skills – Acquire and use the tools needed for communication, inquiry, analysis, and productive work.
