Education and Training HomePalliative Care Course
| Dates: |
March 19 & 26, 2012 September 24 & 25, 2012 (NEW) |
| Time: |
8am-4:30pm
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| Location: |
UW Hospital and Clinics (Room to be announced)
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| Contact: |
608-263-6490
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Audience
Experienced adult nurses.
Course Content
The course emphasizes palliative symptom management and identifies the unique nursing role of collaborating with the palliative care team while partnering with the patient and family.
Topics include:
- Ethical and legal issues in palliative care
- Spiritual assessment throughout the life span
- Pain management
- Comfort care in the final days
Purpose
This course is designed to educate experienced nurses in the art and science of providing palliative care and caring for dying patients and their families.
Presenters
Elizabeth Caes, Mdiv
Wendy Curran, MSN, RN
John Kenneally, LCSW
Lucille Marchand, MD, BSN
Laurie Medenblik, MSW
Sara Moldenhauer, MS, RN, AOCNS
Peggy Riley, MN, RN, MPH
Kate Ford Roberts, MA, RN, CHPN
Planning Committee
Wendy Curran, MSN, RN
Sara L. Moldenhauer, MS, RN, AOCNS
Kate Ford Roberts, MA, RN, CHPN
Continuing Education Credit
14.5 contact hours will be awarded for this program.
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
