End-of-Life Care Issues within and across settings
 

Program number six
 in the series of six
One contact hour of CE
Running time: sixty minutes

  
Program Faculty:
  • SUSAN McMILLAN, PhD, ARNP, FAAN, Professor, Chair of Oncology Nursing, University of South Florida College of Nursing, Tampa, FL
  • DEBORAH WITT SHERMAN, PhD, RN, ANP, CS, Program Director of the Advanced Pratice Palliative Care Master's Program at New York University and Project on Death in America Faculty Scholar
  • CHARLES W. GIVEN, PhD, Professor, Department of Family Practice, Principal Investigator, Michigan State University
  • BARBARA GIVEN, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor, College of Nursing, Associate Director, Institute for Managed Care, Principal Investigator, Michigan State University
Description:
  • Hospice /Home care
  • Long-term care
  • Outpatient settings
  • Hospital /Acute care
  • Intensive care Unit
  • Palliative Care Units in Hospitals
Audience:
The entire nursing profession. The end of life is recognized as an important phase of life, one in which individuals have the right to expect freedom from distressing symptoms and assistance in attaining the highest possible quality of life. Unfortunately for many Americans, end-of-life care is fragmented, painful, and emotionally distressing; with unnecessary transitions between health care institutions and with significant demands placed on the family. Many efforts are underway to improve care at the end of life including those by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing to improve education of practitioners related to end of life care and the National Institute of Nursing Research to advance the science of end of life care. This six hour video series features expert clinicians and researchers who will highlight opportunities health care providers have to deliver optimal end-of-life care.
           
   

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