Hospice & Palliative Care

Speaker: Joyce Palmieri, MS, RN, CHPN
Vice President of Clinical Services
MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care

Purpose: This webinar will assist the participant to acquire the knowledge and skills to provide hospice and palliative care for individuals with chronic illness, leading to the improvement of quality of life for individuals with chronic illness

Objectives:

1. Explain the principles and models of case management
2. Articulate and incorporate the practice of clinical assessment
3. Articulate and incorporate best practices in the assessment and management of patients with chronic illness

Target Audience: Nurse practitioners, registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, registered nurses with a specialty in palliative care/hospice, social workers, and healthcare coaches

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 Accreditation

Nurses: MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by The Alabama State Nurses Association, an accredited provider 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: Free (includes CE certificate)

Release Date: August 28, 2019

Expiration Date: March 15, 2021 (for nurses); January 31, 2022 (for NYS Social Workers)

Disclosures:
Joyce Palmieri, MS, RN, CHPN, 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, Planner, 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/