The Final Journey: A Discussion of Death and Dying (1.2 contact hours)
- List two goals for quality end-of-life care contributing to “a good death”
- Identify who qualities for hospice care
- Identify three stages of death and dying
- Discuss normal changes in nutrition at the end-of-life
Spiritual, Emotional and Caregiving Issues (1.2 contact hours)
- List four caregiving domains
- Name four possible causes of spiritual distress
- Identify three signs of emotional health
- Describe signs of caregiver burnout
Spiritual Care: Not Just for My Patients (1.2 contact hours)
- Describe the nursing diagnosis of spiritual distress.
- List three characteristics of spiritual distress and three care plan interventions
- Use a spiritual assessment tool on another class participant.
- Explain why a health care provider need to be attentive to her/his own spiritual care
- Explore ways we find “meaning in life.”
Care Planning Together: The Task of Interdisciplinary Groups in Hospice/Palliative Care (1.2 contact hours)
- Identify the primary task of the interdisciplinary group (IDG) according to CMS’s Condition of Participation 418.56
- Discuss how an unhealthy IDG is like “blind men and an elephant?”
- Describe how patient-centered care is different from disease centered care
- Identify IDG members contributions to Margaret’s individualize pain management CARE PLAN.
Hospice 101 (1 contact hour)
- Give a definition of palliative care
- Identify who qualifies for hospice care
- Identify one part of the “Good Death’ definition from the Institute of Medicine
- Describe four levels of hospice care
- List three myths regarding hospice care
Patient-Centered Care: Are Your Relationships Therapeutic? (1.2 contact hours)
- Define patient-centered & therapeutic care.
- List 3 things that patients want from their physicians & healthcare providers
- Discuss how principles of hospice/palliative care demonstrate patient-centered care
- Name & describe 2 programs that promote patient-centered care
- Demonstrate Dr. Kate Granger’s patient-centered tool #hellomynameis
Skilled Nursing Facilities and Hospice: Partnering Together for Optimal End-of-Life Care (1.2 contact hours)
- Give one statistic related to death and long term care facilities
- Identify different goals for SNF and Hospice
- Define palliative and hospice care
- List three benefits from receiving hospice care in a SNF
- Name three “quality indicators” seen at end-of-life
The Art of End-of-Life Conversations: Tips for the Talk (1.2 contact hours)
- List 3 situations where a doctor or healthcare team would need to have an end-of-life (EOL) conversation with a patient & his/her family
- Name 2 benefits of having EOL conversations
- Explain “SPIKES” protocol
- Compare elements of Dr. Diane Meir’s (Director of CAPC) “Human Connection of Palliative Care: Ten Steps for What to Say & Do” to SPIKES protocol
- Discuss 5 question Dr. Atul Gawande (author of Being Mortal) asks dying patients
“Is it Palliative or is it Hospice? I’m So Confused!” (1.2 contact hours)
- Give definitions for both palliative care and hospice care
- List 3 similarities & 3 differences between hospice & palliative care
- Understand history of hospice & palliative care
- Identify which patient(s) may benefit from palliative care referral and which patient(s) may benefit from hospice referral -case studies
Pulmonary Disease… End of Life Care (1.2 contact hours)
- Describe palliative and hospice care
- List three indications of advanced pulmonary disease
- Name three possible causes of dyspnea (breathlessness)
- Discuss three pharmacologic interventions for breathlessness