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Hospice & Palliative Care

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$10

ON-DEMAND WEBINAR SERIES:
CARE OF FAMILIES DURING END-OF-LIFE VIGILS

Speaker
Speaker:
Colleen Fleming-Damon, PhD, ANP-BC, ACHPN, FT
Director of Education and Training
MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care

Purpose: End-of-life family vigils have been well-documented within rites of human passage during the transition of dying to death. The purpose of this webinar is to define and understand the structure and meaning of family vigils by providing current qualitative research on the topic. This knowledge will provide insight and enhance communication and practice skills for the interdisciplinary team providing care for families at end-of-life.

Objectives:

  1. Describe and identify family vigils at end-of-life
  2. Identify three phases of end-of-life vigils
  3. Discuss meaning of vigils for families
  4. Discuss role of the interdisciplinary team in family vigils
  5. Integrate best practices for care, support, and facilitation of family vigils for improved family outcomes after loss

Target Audience: Primary care providers, nurse practitioners, palliative care specialists, pain specialists, registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, registered nurses with a specialty in palliative care/hospice, social workers, allied health professionals, fellows, residents, and medical students

Criteria for Successful Completion:

  1. Attendance at entire session
  2. Submission of completed evaluation form
  3. Successful completion of a posttest; 80% passing grade (mandatory to receive CE credit for social workers)

Continuing Education Credits: 1.0

Continuing Education Accreditation

Nurses: MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Northeast Multistate Division Education Unit, an accredited approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Social Workers: MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0242.

 

Fees:
Individual: $25 (includes CE certificate)

Release Date: November 11, 2019

Expiration Date: April 17, 2024 (for nurses); January 31, 2025 (for NYS Social Workers)

Disclosures:
Colleen Fleming-Damon, PhD, ANP-BC, ACHPN, FT, has no financial arrangements or affiliations with any commercial entities whose products, research or services may be discussed in these materials. Any discussion of investigational or unlabeled uses of a product will be identified.

Russell K. Portenoy, MD, has indicated a relationship with Tabula Rasa for research support.

No other Planning Committee Member has any disclosures.

Planning Committee Members
Lara Dhingra, PhD
Colleen Fleming-Damon, PhD, ANP-BC, ACHPN, FT
Myra Glajchen, DSW
Helena Knotkova, PhD
Russell K. Portenoy, MD
Karen Richards, PhD, EdS
Wini Schein, BA

Funding Disclosure: No commercial funding has been accepted for the activity.

Location: Online at https://www.mjhspalliativeinstitute.org/e-learning/

The MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care is pleased to offer free interdisciplinary palliative care webinars, live and on demand, delivered by frontline experts, typically offering 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for Continuing Medical Education (CME), Nursing continuing education (CE), Social Work CE credits, Case Manager CCMC CE credits, and Music Therapy CE credits.

Our free interactive multimedia modules on Community-Based Palliative Care Program Development  and Caring for Holocaust Survivors With Sensitivity at End of Life  offer up to 9.75 CE credits.

Free pdf downloads now available: 15 palliative care professional factsheets and patient education handouts on 18 topics in English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, Arabic, French, and Russian.

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