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Core Concepts in Complex Care

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100% online | 10 CEs | Self-paced | Optional live office hours

This 10-CE course will provide you with practical, evidence-informed content to strengthen your confidence and competence in complex care, from family collaboration and safety planning to specialized body-system care. Interactive check-offs in each module and weekly faculty office hours support your learning.

Time to Complete: Self-paced
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This program provides foundational and advanced content to support the delivery of safe, effective complex care in home, school, and community settings. Topics include family collaboration, developmental disabilities, safety and emergency planning, wound and nutritional care, digestive and bladder management, endocrine and reproductive health, mobility and communication needs, cardiopulmonary conditions, and pain management.

This is an asynchronous online course, self-paced, with optional live weekly office hours with the instructor via zoom.

This course is intended for nurses (LPNs, RNs, and NPs) who currently care for, or are interested in caring for, individuals with medical complexity. While the content applies across care settings, it focuses on home- and community-based care.

There are ten modules:

  • Foundations of Complex Care
  • Belonging at School and in the Community
  • Staying Safe at Home: Emergencies and Emotional Health
  • Skin, Wounds, and Healing
  • Feeding and Nutrition Support
  • Digestive and Bladder Care
  • Endocrine and Reproductive Health
  • Movement and Communication
  • Lung and Heart Health
  • Pain
     

The course cost is $100. Through April 2027, several discounts are available. School nurses may register for $70. Nurses working for CSN Agencies may register for $70. Nurses working as independent contractors for MassHealth may register for free.

Learning Outcomes

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Apply

foundational, family-centered principles of complex care to nursing practice in home, school, and community settings.

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Integrate

evidence-based assessment and management across body systems for individuals with medical complexity.

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Strategize

ways to promote safety, inclusion, and emotional well-being in everyday care and emergencies.

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Advocate

for equitable, person-centered care that supports participation and quality of life across the lifespan.

Course Faculty

Continuing Education Credits

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In support of improving patient care, Mass General Brigham University of Health Professions is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
 

 

Mass General Brigham University of Health Professions designates this activity for 30.0 contact hours for nurses.

The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME and ANCC.

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