92611 Complex Case Management

Subject level: Postgraduate

Handbook description

This subject aims to bring together the various threads of complex case management. Students use their knowledge of pathophysiological events to frame appropriate clinical practice responses. From their understanding of normal trajectories of common health conditions, students are able to identify deviations from standard patterns and critically analyse practitioners' management responsibilities. Students develop advanced techniques of health promotion in relation to complex case management and have well developed risk management skills relating to specified clinical situations.

Subject objectives/outcomes

On successful completion of this subject students should be able to:

Contribution to graduate profile

This subject aims to bring together the various threads of complex case management for clinicians working at an advanced level. From the understanding of normal trajectories of common health conditions, students identify deviations from standard patterns and critically analyse management responsibilities. Students are encouraged to use their knowledge of pathophysiological events to frame appropriate clinical practice responses, and analyse, synthesise and integrate advanced theoretical principles and concepts related to complex case management. Students develop advanced techniques of health promotion in relation to complex cases and further develop risk management skills relating to specified clinical situations.

Content

• Nurse practitioner (NP) management responsibilities
• Principles of case management
• Clinical judgment and clinical decision making in the management of complex health problems
• Normal trajectories of common health problems and deviations from normal health status
• Pathophysiologic process relation to the management of patients with interdependent health problems
• Utilisation of best available evidence supporting advanced clinical practice
• Collaborative practice as a member of the multidisciplinary team
• Advanced techniques of health promotion
• Risk management skills
• New approaches to the extension of nursing knowledge and delivery of expert care

Session 1

• Introduction to the subject
• Defining advanced practice
• Models of case management
• Defining your scope of practice
• Practice guidelines

Session 2

• National registration for NPs
• Guidelines for practice as a NP
• Resources for practice
• Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and Medicare Benefits Scheme (MBS)
• Creating a learning portfolio

Session 3

• Health promotion
• Workshop: utilising pathophysiological principles to guide patient management
• Utilisation of best available evidence supporting advanced clinical practice

Session 4

• Workshop
• Preparation for assessment 2
• ANMC national competency standards for the Nurse Practitioner (2006) and performance indicators