Life Care Planning
Issued by
American Sentinel College of Nursing & Health Sciences at Post University
The holder of this badge has successfully completed a graduate-level nursing course that examines the financial and ethical aspects of life care planning as it relates to disease management, coordination of care, and the process of identifying long-term care for vulnerable populations. It examines patients with congenital complications, chronic illness or complex injuries across the lifespan.
- Type Validation
- Level Advanced
- Time Weeks
- Cost Paid
Skills
Earning Criteria
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Assess the role of the nurse case manager in a specific specialty practice related to the life-care planning process.
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Examine the individual needs and characteristics of an identified population in relation to the nurse case manager.
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Investigate ethical, and financial issues related to life care planning.
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Apply case management plans, critical pathways, evidence-based practice, and protocols in life care planning.
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Develop a short term and long-term life care plan for a specific patient.
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Coordinate case management protocols within an interdisciplinary care environment for an identified target population.
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Successfully complete all learning activities, assignments, and assessments required for the graduate-level nursing course N544PE – Life Care Planning (3 credits).