Case Management Professional Development Program

Our outstanding Case Management Professional Development Program, which has been delivered to nurses nationwide in seminar format, is now available as a six-week course in our online environment

Everest Nursing Institute has provided over 60,000 nursing and other health care professionals the highest quality education since 1983 (under the name Everest College, CPE)..

Now is the time to join the thousands of continuing education students who take their CEU's online every year. With Everest Nursing Institute , you get 24 CEU's and earn your Case Management Professional Development Program Certificate whenever, and wherever, it is convenient for you!

• Gain core competencies for CM practice
• Use case studies from various practice settings
• Develop the Case Management plan
• Identify legal Issues related to standards of care
• Learn clinical pathways and disease management
• Advance your career in Case Management

This Program will assist you in preparing for one of the nationally recognized certification exams and is comprised of the following core areas:

Case Management Essentials

This core area defines the roles and functions of Case Managers, identifying the critical competencies needed to fulfill the Case Management role across placement settings. Participants will discuss functions and issues in evolving role demands, opportunities, and responsibilities of the Case Manager. Key topics include:

• Healthcare in the US today
  
• Managed Care-Products and Structures
  
• Financial Reimbursement Systems
  
• Role of Case Management in a Managed Care Environment
  
• The Performance of Case Management
  
• Measuring the Value of Case Management

The Case Management Process

This core area identifies critical skills necessary to fulfill the Case Management role in key areas of function such as assessment, planning, implementation, collaboration, negotiation, and evaluation. Criteria and expectations from current practice are presented, as well as opportunities to practice application of tools discussed throughout this seminar. Topics include:

• Patient assessment techniques in CM
  
• Effective Case Management planning
  
• Clinical Pathways, Disease Management, and CM
  
• Implementation, facilitation, and coordination of resources
  
• Monitoring
  
• Evaluation
  
• Problem Management
  
• Resources

Applied Case Management Practice

This core area presents tools to build Case Management practice, and assist in managing risk and legal liabilities as well as powerful strategies for successful role performance. Strategies include effective interviewing, seeking and obtaining physician support, client and caregiver education, and the coordination of services, support groups and community resources. Topics include:

• Strategies to enhance CM practice
  
• Peer Review Organizations
  
• Informed Consent
  
• Standards of Care and Practice
  
• Patients' Rights
  
• Theories of Negligence
  
• Trends

Course Code | B8K05I/B8K05A

G. Coyle-Ikemoto

C. Carter

| Starts: Every Six Weeks

Click HERE for 2004 Schedule of Classes

Tuition | $429

Approved for 24 contact hours from the Colorado Nurse Association, accredited as an approver of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.