Course description: | Policies, procedures, ethics, professional duty, integrity, and clinical practice competency issues related to skilled nursing, home health, and outpatient medically based practicums (including federal, state, and institutional regulations); Models of delivery and collaborative/ inter-professional practice with skilled nursing, home health, and outpatient medically based personnel will be discussed, especially with regard to counseling CNAs, PT/OT, social workers, nurses, physicians, and families; Cultural competence, concern for persons served, and effective communication skills will be applied in case-based exercises; Students will be taught to access, evaluate, and integrate information and evidence for clinical decision making in skilled nursing, home health, and outpatient medically based settings; The role of supervision, self-reflection, and analysis for the development of clinical reasoning and professional judgement will also be emphasized; ISP, POC, and fiduciary issues related to working in skilled nursing, home health, and outpatient medically based environments are included. This lab meets 110 minutes per week. (F, S, Su). |