Course Code: REL-PAC-0-SELD
Hours: 1
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2024
Learning Objectives:
Describe common barriers to end-of-life decision-making and how to overcome them.
Identify approaches to avoid or minimize conflict during end-of-life decision-making.
Recall ways to provide person-centered care.
Describe ways to establish new goals and use resources in end-of-life care.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Barriers to Decision-Making
Meet Paul and Lin
Addressing End-of-Life Issues
Fear, Denial, and Hope
Day by Day or a One-Time Decision
Advance Directives
Medical Barriers: CPR
Medical Barriers: Technology
Review
Summary
Section 3: Conflicts, Communication, and Culture
Truth-Telling
Health Literacy
Communication Barriers
Financial Implications of Care
Cultural or Personal Barriers
Review
Summary
Section 4: Supporting Decision-Making
When Conflict Arises: Perceptions and Misperceptions
Decision-Making As a Journey
Progression of Illness
Closing the Communication Gap
Providing Person-Centered Care
Redirecting Hope in Terminal Illness
Facilitating Hope
Review
Summary
Section 5: Conclusion
Summary
Course Contributor
Resources
References
Instructor: Susan Heinzerling, BSN, RN, CHPN
Susan Heinzerling earned a Bachelor of Science in biology and a Bachelor of Science in nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as well as a Master of Life Sciences in physiology from North Carolina State University. She became a doctoral candidate in immunology at the University of South Alabama. Her research experiences in the biomedical sciences led to an interest in evidence-based practices. Ms. Heinzerling began her nursing career as a medical/surgical nurse. Renal patients in acute care with multiple chronic conditions and repeated hospitalizations inspired her practice of hospice nursing. She has worked as a hospice admissions nurse and a hospice RN case manager in both a large urban setting and a rural community.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Intermediate level Social Workers; Nurses; in the following settings: Hospice, Palliative Care.
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.