Advanced Skilled Nursing and Home Care Coordination

Description

Course Overview

Explore complex home-care planning, clinical team communication, documentation, scheduling, and coordination across disciplines. Lessons focus on safe communication, person-centered support, and knowing when to involve an appropriately licensed clinician.

Course Details

Level: Advanced
Suggested study duration: 6 weeks
Format: Self-paced educational course outline
Audience: Caregivers, nursing learners, and family supporters; clinical tasks only within professional authorization

What You Will Learn

• Complex needs assessment
• Care coordination workflows
• Professional scope and delegation
• Interdisciplinary collaboration
• Clinical documentation
• Care transitions
• Scheduling and continuity

Course Modules

1. Complex needs assessment — core concepts, realistic home-care situations, communication, and safety considerations.
2. Care coordination workflows — core concepts, realistic home-care situations, communication, and safety considerations.
3. Professional scope and delegation — core concepts, realistic home-care situations, communication, and safety considerations.
4. Interdisciplinary collaboration — core concepts, realistic home-care situations, communication, and safety considerations.
5. Clinical documentation — core concepts, realistic home-care situations, communication, and safety considerations.
6. Care transitions — core concepts, realistic home-care situations, communication, and safety considerations.
7. Scheduling and continuity — core concepts, realistic home-care situations, communication, and safety considerations.
8. Risk escalation — core concepts, realistic home-care situations, communication, and safety considerations.
9. Family communication — core concepts, realistic home-care situations, communication, and safety considerations.
10. Quality improvement — core concepts, realistic home-care situations, communication, and safety considerations.

Learning Outcome

Build a practical understanding of this subject and the ability to communicate appropriately with patients, families, and qualified care professionals.