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ALNC 640 Advanced LNC III: Theories, Assessment & Analysis Syllabus

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You will NOT be using the online Examination Program for objective type (multiple choice/true and false) examinations, for this course.

COURSE OVERVIEW: Welcome to the online CE course; ALNC 640 – Advanced LNC III: Theories, Assessment & Analysis

Upon successful completion of this course, students are awarded 45 contact hours of continuing education creditsCourse Code: ALNC.

This course is a continuation of nursing malpractice issues and cases and focuses on issues related to home health care and medication administration, from a care delivery perspective. Other content that will be studied includes issues related to health care fraud and abuse, fraud in medical malpractice claims, and common areas of breech of standards of practice. Students will then examine more advanced issues and content related to the filing of cases and the the processes of litigation prior to court room activity. Issues related to interrogatories, expert witnesses and testimonies, depositions, defense perspectives and issues related to settlements of cases. Roles of the LNC are also examined, especially related to court room consulting. Course Code: ALNC 640. 45 hours of continuing education credit.

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This Course is Board approved. The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc. is an Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the Florida State Board of Nursing and the District of Columbia Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.The American Institute of Health Care Professionals, Inc. is a licensed Continuing Education Provider in the State of California, Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # CEP 15595. Access Info

Instructor/Course Author: Dominick L. Flarey, Ph.D, MBA,RN-BC, ANP-BC, GC-C
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Email: info@aihcp.org

This is a guided, independent study CEU Course. You are to study and progress at your own rate. You will be developing a comprehensive learning portfolio for this course. It is recommended that you follow this process for completing the course:

1. Order your textbook for the course. Information and a link to order the book online are presented below.

2. Review the course objectives.

4. You are required to read/review all chapters in the assigned textbook. You will be developing a comprehensive Learning Portfolio for this course, based upon questions that you will be responding to, related to the materials in the textbook.

5. There is NO online, objective type examination for this course. Your objective type online examination in the next course (ALNC 660) will also include questions from the material/readings in this course.

6. Upon completion of your written Learning Portfolio (responses to specific questions from the reading assignments) you will turn the Learning Portfolio into us. Details are provided on the Assignment page.

7. You must complete your Learning Portfolio with a minimum of 70% accuracy to pass this course and receive your CE credits and certificate. If you successfully complete the learning portfolio with a passing score, we will process your CE Certificate, which will include the course title, the awarded contact hours of continuing education, and the date of completion. Your CE certificate will be postal mailed to you. You can expect to receive your certificate within 2 weeks of completing the online examination.

TIME FRAME: You are allotted two years from the date of enrollment, to complete this course. There are no set time-frames, other than the two year allotted time. If you do not complete the course within the two-year time-frame, you will be removed from the course and an “incomplete” will be recorded for you in our records. Also, if you would like to complete the course after this two-year expiration time, you would need to register and pay the course tuition fee again.

TEXTBOOKS: There is one (1) required textbook for this course.

Nursing Malpractice (3rd edition). By: Patricia W. Iyer, RN, MSN, LNCC, and Barbara J. Levin. Lawyers & Judges Publishing Co., 2007. ISBN-10# 1933264209.

NOTE: this is a 1,400 page comprehensive textbook. It is the textbook that is used for all (4) of the courses in this continuing education program sequence.

This book now is on a CD-ROM and is in PDF format. For the best price please order directly from the publisher: link to order.

ORDERING INFORMATION:

This book now is on a CD-ROM and is in PDF format. For the best price please order directly from the publisher: link to order.

You may also call to order this book directly from the publisher:

Publisher Website

Phone: 1-800-209-7109

ASSIGNMENT/EXAM: THIS COURSE CONSISTS OF THE STUDENT DEVELOPING A COMPREHENSIVE LEARNING PORTFOLIO. THE LEARNING PORTFOLIO IS A STUDY/GUIDE FORMAT IN WHICH STUDENTS RESPOND TO SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AS THEY READ/STUDY THE TEXT MATERIALS. UPON COMPLETING THE LEARNING PORTFOLIO, YOU WILL TURN IT IN TO THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF LEGAL NURSE CONSULTING FOR GRADING. THERE IS NO OBJECTIVE -TYPE EXAM FOR THIS COURSE.

Full information and the assigned questions for your learning portfolio can be accessed at this link.

GRADING: You must achieve a passing score of at least 70% to complete this course and receive the 45 hours of awarded continuing education credit. There are no letter grades assigned. You will receive notice of your total % score. Those who score below the minimum of 70% will be contacted by AIHCP and will be permitted one more attempt to retake the online examination.

FINAL EXAMINATION: It is recommended that you click on the “Printable Copy of Exam” near the top of the syllabus. It will download as a PDF file. Below are detailed instructions on how to take your exam.

1). When ready to start your final examination for the course, please click on the “Access Online Exam” link near the top of the syllabus.

2). You will be prompted to input your Name, E-mail Address, and Student ID # (AH####). You must fill this out, the exam will not allow you to proceed if you do not. It is very important that you use your full name, your valid e-mail address and your student ID/AH Number. If you do not input your correct information, we will have no way of identifying your exam and it will be deleted! All unidentifiable exams are deleted!

3). Next you will be taken to the introduction screen for your exam. There will be detailed instructions on how to take the online exam. Please review them and when ready click the “Continue” button on the bottom right hand side of the screen to begin your exam.

4). When you have answered all of the questions and are happy with your answers, the exam will prompt you to either “SUBMIT ALL” or “RETURN TO EXAM”. If you are ready press “SUBMIT ALL”.

5). If you received a passing score, you will receive a “Congratulations, you passed” screen with a green check mark. You will have a chance to review your questions and answers. A copy of your exam will be e-mailed to you within 1-2 business days.

5a). If you failed the exam, you will receive a “You did not pass” with a red X. You will have no chance to review your questions and answers. At this point, please contact Administration, Mark D. Moran, Assistant Executive Director for instructions on re-taking the online examination. You may retake the online examination one time. You will receive full instructions regarding the re-take of the examination.

6). After receiving a passing score, click the “CLOSE” button in the bottom right hand corner to close out of the exam and be redirected to the course evaluation form. You must fill out the course evaluation form in order for your grade to be processed and for you to receive an CE certification.

Note: all of our Examinations are Copy Written

COURSE EVALUATION: upon submitting your responses to the examination questions, you are required to complete the online Course Evaluation Form.  This will take you directly to the online evaluation form. Complete the evaluation and be sure to click the “submit” button. CE certificates will not be sent unless a course evaluation is completed.

COMMUNICATION: this is a self-directed, independent study course. However, you may certainly submit to us questions or comments regarding the course materials. We will be sure to forward any questions you may have to the author of the course. You will then receive a follow-up response from the author. All of our course authors are fully educated and credentialed in the practice of Legal Nursing. You may email any questions to: info@aihcp.org. Please be sure to include the full title of the course you are in, as well as the course code (provided above). If you have any questions at all or need any assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us.

TECHNICAL SUPPORT CENTER: Our Technical Support Center is open Monday-Friday; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm (EST).  You may e-mail technical support at: admn@aihcp.org   You may also phone us at: 330-652-7776. If you leave an e-mail after normal business hours, the Support Center will respond to you as soon as they open up the next business day.

INTERACTIVE STUDENT FACEBOOK GROUP
Please join the Interactive Facebook Group for Legal Nursing!

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We host a private (students only) Facebook page for Legal Nurses. This page is dedicated for private use by all students in our Advanced Legal Nurse Consulting courses. We highly encourage all of our students to “join” this private group. The group is used for:

  • Providing interactions between all students in the Advanced Legal Nurse Consulting education program.
  • All members may post on the page as well as download documents and photos.
  • Interactions between students and faculty.
  • Meeting new colleagues/friends who have the same interests in Legal Nursing.
  • Providing a medium for Chat sessions among members of the group.
  • Providing new information to all student on an ongoing basis via posts in the room.
  • Stimulating discussions related to Advanced Legal Nurse Consulting and other professional issues/topics.
  • Sharing articles, links to recommended websites, links to videos as well as links to events and other education resources.
  • Our staff provides up to date articles for your review. Articles are added almost on a daily basis. Reviewing the information is voluntary but highly recommended.

Joining the private Facebook group is voluntary. We do highly encourage you to join and participate. Your participation will enhance your learning and provide a platform for networking with your colleagues. Join the group today! You must ask for permission to join this group. Our staff will receive your permission notice and will verify your student status and then authorize your membership to the group page.

Important Information: You must have a Facebook account to join this group. If you have a Facebook account, just click on the link below and you will be taken to the Facebook sign in page. You would then log into your account. You will be on the Legal Nurse private group page. Once you have clicked on the link, a notice will be sent to our administrative office and you will be authorized to the page. On your Facebook page, the group page will be listed on the left hand side of your page. You can click it at any time and enter the private page. If you do not have a Facebook account, it is easy to open one. The link below will take you to the sign in page and you can click on the link to open an account. Facebook accounts are free.

Click here to access the Legal Nurse Consulting Private Facebook page

Click here to Join the American College of Legal Nurse Consulting Public Face Book Page

AIHCP BLOG: Please visit our interactive web blog. Students and certified members are encouraged to visit our blog frequently. You will find useful articles, news, posts and much more related to the specialty area of Certification you are pursuing. Click the link above to access the blog. Then, click on the link on the right hand side that corresponds to the subject area you are studying. Feel free to posts replies, comments and news. Register to become active on the blog and contribute your own unique information for all to see and share. Sharing and interacting with your peers is an excellent learning process. By sharing you contribute to the ever growing body of knowledge in your specialty area.

STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER: Please access our student resource center. The Resource Center contains all of our current policies, as well as important information regarding classroom and examination accesses. Also included are trouble-shooting tips when a student has any difficulties with classroom or examination accesses. The Resource Center also provides other information regarding our continuing education and certification programs. Access to online libraries is also provided. To Access the Student Resource Center: click here.

Discussion Boards:  Please access the Discussion Boards by clicking on the Tab on the left side of your computer screen. The Discussion Boards are provided for our students as means to communicate with others taking courses in our  Advanced Legal Nurse Consulting Courses and Programs.  You have full access to the Discussion Boards throughout the time you are enrolled in a course. They are a great means to meet others who are studying Advanced Legal Nurse Consulting, exchange ideas, post questions and ideas, provide responses to other’s questions, provide links to outside resources and more.  Once you access the Discussion Boards, simply follow the instructions to create your own account and start reading and posting.

E-Learning Library: Please access our E-Learning Library by clicking on the Tab on the left side of your computer screen. The E-Learning Library is a free service for all of our students. It is an ever-growing library of FREE E-Books that you may access at any time. The books are produced by us professionally on a wide array of health care related topics. You may read and or download them for later references. We frequently add new E-Books to the library on an on-going basis. The E-Books are not related to this course and so are not required readings for this course.

Malpractice Insurance: Many are interested in seeking out companies that provide health care professional malpractice insurance. We have compiled a list of companies that you may contact directly regarding this. Most companies will provide you with a quote online. For information, click here.

Submit a Testimonial:  Students and certified members may submit a testimonial to our public Testimonials Page. Visitors to our website, especially those considering our certification programs, are keenly interested in hearing about the experiences of health care professionals who are enrolled in our programs. To submit a Testimonial, simply access the online Form: Access Here. You may also preview our current Testimonials Page Here.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

1. Review managed care issues related to home health care.
2. Review comprehensive standards for home health care nursing from a variety of sources.
3. Identify and discuss the components of the home health care medical record.
4. Identify the most common standard of care issues in home health care.
5. Review and discuss a home health care malpractice case.
6. Identify and review the process and strategies for case screening in a home health care malpractice case.
7. Identify common liabilities and defenses in home health care litigation.
8. Discuss medication errors related to malpractice claims.
9. Categorize and discuss medication errors by severity.
10. Identify and discuss high risk medications as related to potentials for malpractice claims.
11. Define various patient sustained injuries and harm related to medications and medication errors.
12. Identify and discuss nursing responsibilities following medication errors.
13. Define and discuss health care fraud and abuse.
14. Discuss the processes of claimed fraud actions.
15. Identify how nurses might contribute to fraud and abuse.
16. Discuss state boards of nursing involvement in fraud/abuse cases.
17. Identify attorney-client issues related to fraud/abuse cases.
18. Define and discuss “Qui Tam” as related to fraud/abuse cases.
19. Identify issues related to alleged fraud in a malpractice case.
20. Identify and discuss common nursing breeches of standards of care.
21. Review and discuss elements of negligence.
22. Identify and discuss issues and documents for case intake from the plaintiff perspective.
23. Define the entire review and preparation of a malpractice case from the plaintiff perspective.
24. Identify appropriate requests of documents for production in plaintiff based malpractice cases.
25. Define preparation and process for depositions.
26. Discuss issues related to settling a claim.
27. Discuss issues related to the “defense” perspective of medical and nursing malpractice claims.
28. Define the process of preparing for defense of a malpractice claim.
29. Discuss professional Codes of Ethics and how they related to malpractice cases.
30. Discuss limitations of the Legal Nurse Consultant’s role.
31. Discuss employment and career opportunities for legal nurse consultants.
32. Review and identify major consultation components of a medical case review.
33. Define issues related to use of nurses as expert witnesses.
34. Discuss qualifications required for expert witness testimony by nurses.
35. Identify the process for acquiring, working with and preparing expert nurse witness testimony.
36. Discuss issues related to expert witness testimony in a court of law.
37. Define Life Care Plan and its major uses.
38. Discuss the process and steps in preparing a life care plan.
39. Discuss the evaluation process of a life care plan in preparation for testimony.

COURSE CONTENT:

A brief abstract of content:

1. Home health nursing malpractice
2. Home health care nursing standards
3. Home health care medical records
4. Liability issues in home care
5. Defense strategies in home care cases
6. Case studies in home care negligence
7. Issues related to medication administration and malpractice claims
8. Categories and types of medication errors including severity
9. Detection and prevention of medication errors
10. Errors related to intravenous therapy
11. Health care fraud and abuse
12. Self – referrals and kickbacks
13. Nursing issues related to fraud and abuse
14. Attorney-client issues related to fraud and abuse
14. Fraud in medical malpractice cases
15. Common nursing breaches of the standard of care
16. Elements of negligence
17. Client intake and interviews
18. Filing claims in state or federal courts
19. Issues regarding professional liability insurance
20. Identifying defendants in the case
21. Interrogatories and requests for production
22. Depositions
23. Legal doctrines and liability
24. Settlements before trial
25. Preparing a case of malpractice
26. The defense perspective in malpractice cases
27. Answering interrogatories
28. Defensive the case and depositions
29. Review of medical records related to the defense of the case
30. Roles and qualifications of legal nurse consultants
31. Confidentiality issues of work product
32. Limitations of the legal nurse consultants role
33. Legal nurse consultants as independent consultants versus employees
34. Case summaries of nursing malpractice cases
35. Use of expert witnesses in nursing malpractice cases
36. Qualifications of the nurse expert witness
37. Screening experts and preparing documents
38. Preparing experts for deposition and trial testimony
39. Life care plans and components of the planned
40. Ethical considerations in life care planning