PCOA-PCP 8: Management of Multiple Chronic Conditions

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Target Audience

  • Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
  • Physicians

Description

Practitioners will be able to discuss the impact of multiple chronic conditions on older adult health.

Overview

This course discusses the impact of multiple chronic conditions on older adult health. By completing this course, practitioners will learn to incorporate the patient and family as an essential part of the healthcare team, understand how prognosis influences treatment decisions, and how to minimize harm and optimize benefits to effectively plan care for patients with multiple chronic conditions.

Learning Outcomes

  • Discuss the challenges of managing multiple chronic conditions in older adults.

  • Describe person and family centered care.

  • Discuss how prognosis influences treatment decisions.

  • Describe how minimizing harm and optimizing benefits can be used to effectively plan care for patients with multiple chronic conditions.