Hospice & Palliative Care

Speaker:
Frank Attanasia, LCSW
Bereavement Counselor
MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care

Janeen Ilardo-Chasan, MA, LCAT, ATR-BC
Art Therapist
MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care

Purpose: This webinar aims to enhance the knowledge of professionals about factors that may influence the grief process and creative ways to assist the bereaved to express their grief experience.

Objectives:

1. Recognize factors that can impact the grief process
2. Improve ability to monitor external factors that may be impairing the grieving process
3. Discuss three art directives to use with the bereaved to enhance expression of their personal grief experience

Target Audience: Nurse practitioners, registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, registered nurses with a specialty in palliative care/hospice, social workers, allied health professionals, and creative art therapists

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: The 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: Free (includes CE/CBMT certificate)

Release Date: December 8, 2020

Expiration Date: November 1, 2024 (for nurses); January 31, 2025 (for NYS Social Workers)

Disclosures:

Frank Attanasia, LCSW and Janeen Ilardo-Chasan, MA, LCAT, ATR-BC have 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.

No Planning Committee Member has any disclosures.

Planning Committee Members
Myra Glajchen, DSW
Kerrianne P. Page, MD, HMDC
Joyce Palmieri, MS, RN, CHPN
Karen Richards, PhD, EdS

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

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