A slide show explaining the role of the nurse in Life Care Planning and how nurses are especially suited for this service. Nurse consultants write life care plans for attorneys and other seeking to determine the costs of future medical care.

1. Do you know… Nurses assist attorneys in determining the cost of future medical care for their clients?

2. A specialty for which Nurses are Uniquely suited Life Care Planning

4. Defense Attorneys

5. Casualty Insurance Carriers

6. Divorce & Family Law Attorneys

7. Estate Planners

8. Advocacy Groups

9. Rehabilitation Centers

10. Catastrophic Injury

11. Spinal Cord Injury

12. Burns & Amputations

13. Neonatal & Pediatric

14. Traumatic Brain Injury

15. Geriatric PopulationLife Care Plans

16. A Life Care Plan is a tool used for estimating the future cost of Care over the Client’s estimated life span What is a Life Care Plan?

17. Nurses are uniquely qualified Nurses are uniquely qualified to develop Life Care Plans in a collaborative effort with other health providers

19. Build on their understanding of an injury or illness to promote the restoration and maintenance of health in their clients

22. Used to formulate a plan of care to identify the client’s individual needs

23. Assessment

24. Diagnosis

25. Planning

26. Implementation

28. Interviews

29. Examinations

30. Written RecordsThe data collected may include physical, psychological, cognitive, functional, developmental, sociocultural, spiritual, economic, and/or lifestyle information about the client

32. Collaborates with other health care professionals to project estimated care and services

33. Identifies individual client outcomes

34. Develops an individualized comprehensive plan of action

36. Medical Equipment and supplies

37. Medications

38. Mobility Equipment

39. Orthotics/Prosthetics

40. Transportation

41. Case Management

42. Diagnostic Testing

43. Home Care Modifications

44. Vocational Analysis

45. Skilled Nursing ServicesThe Nurse Life Care Plan May Include:

46. The Nurse Life Care Plan Follows the client throughout his or her lifetime to ensure funds will be available for proper treatment and care

48. Own their own businesses