Hospice & Palliative Care

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

Purpose: The purpose of this webinar is to acquire the knowledge and skills to incorporate best practices for the assessment and management of pain in individuals with advanced illness.

Objectives:

1. Explain the principles and theories of pain
2. Articulate and incorporate the practice of pain assessment
3. Assess the presence of pain utilizing specific tools to scale and interpret
4. Articulate and incorporate best practices in the pharmacological and nonpharmacological management of pain

Target Audience: nurse practitioners, registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, and registered nurses with a specialty in palliative care/hospice

Criteria for Successful Completion:

1. Attendance at entire session
2. Submission of completed evaluation form
3. Successful completion of a posttest (70% passing grade)

Continuing Education Credits: 1.0

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.

Fees:
Individual:  Free (includes CE certificate)

Release Date: April 24, 2019

Expiration Date: April 17, 2024

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/