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Seminar Details
VT End Stage Diseases: Care When There is No Cure Seminar
When: Thursday, April 08, 2010 at 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
When: Thursday, April 08, 2010 at 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Other ways to Register: Call 1-800-843-7763 | Printable Form (fax or mail) |
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Seminar Details $179.00 - Standard Tuition Brochure Inside | Brochure Outside View brochure for CE details |
Seminar Location DOUBLETREE HOTEL BURLINGTON 1117 WILLISTON RD SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT 05403 View Map Alternate Locations |
Speaker:
Valerie (Val) Ramsberger, RN, MSN, APN -- BIO
Recommended Offer: End-of-Life Care: A Nurse's Guide to Compassionate Care - $46.95
Course Description:
Caring for persons with end stage disease requires extreme sensitivity, deep compassion, and extraordinary knowledge. In order to deliver expert, holistic care, healthcare professionals need to be knowledgeable of palliative care interventions to promote quality of life for patients with all types of disease processes.
Valerie Ramsberger will provide you with a stimulating and comprehensive discussion surrounding the 10 most common end stage disease processes. Each particular end stage disease has unique issues and challenges for the patient, family, and health professional. We have an obligation to know how to help provide spiritual, existential, and physical comfort for those who have life-limiting disease and to support them through difficult decisions. Additionally, to achieve a therapeutic relationship with patients who have end stage disease, you need to know how to care for yourself by setting ethical boundaries. Attend this one-day event to learn helpful new caregiving strategies for "care when there is no cure."
Caring for persons with end stage disease requires extreme sensitivity, deep compassion, and extraordinary knowledge. In order to deliver expert, holistic care, healthcare professionals need to be knowledgeable of palliative care interventions to promote quality of life for patients with all types of disease processes.
Valerie Ramsberger will provide you with a stimulating and comprehensive discussion surrounding the 10 most common end stage disease processes. Each particular end stage disease has unique issues and challenges for the patient, family, and health professional. We have an obligation to know how to help provide spiritual, existential, and physical comfort for those who have life-limiting disease and to support them through difficult decisions. Additionally, to achieve a therapeutic relationship with patients who have end stage disease, you need to know how to care for yourself by setting ethical boundaries. Attend this one-day event to learn helpful new caregiving strategies for "care when there is no cure."
Learner Objectives:
At the completion of this program, you will be able to:
At the completion of this program, you will be able to:
- Discuss the 10 key elements of a patient/family goal-setting meeting.
- Identify at least six symptoms encountered in patients with end stage disease and their management.
- Describe two functional assessment scales that are predictive of poor survival.
- Explain the use of guidelines for establishing a six-month prognosis for non-cancer disease, developed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
- Identify three clinical situations where hydration would be beneficial for the patient who is at the end of life.
- Demonstrate understanding of the dynamics of loss, grief and bereavement as they apply to family support of end stage disease patients.
- Interpret one ethical dilemma often encountered in end-of-life/palliative care.
Please refer to the course brochure for continuing education information.
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Our catered on-site programs are a cost-effective and convenient way to train a large group at your facility, or wherever you choose.