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ForwardOne Team, Many Hearts: Discharge Planners and OPOs in Organ Donation
Many staff working within the Clinical Care Coordination and Discharge Planning department do not always understand the impact of donation and their role in the donation process. This education will help allow staff to not only understand the types of organ donation and overall process but also provide aspects of CORE's grief and bereavement programs. This will help staff more effectively support families involved with CORE.
Target Audience
Nurse
Social Worker
Learning Objectives
- Identify 3 aspects of effective request (timely referral, pre-approach huddle, de-coupled approach)
- Differentiate between DCD and BD organ donation in setting of family needs and ICU communication
- Describe process for organ donor and organ evaluation
- Recall aspects of CORE's grief and bereavement program
Additional Information
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Many staff working within the Clinical Care Coordination and Discharge Planning department do not always understand the impact of donation and their role in the donation process. This education will help allow staff to not only understand the types of organ donation and overall process but also provide aspects of CORE's grief and bereavement programs. This will help staff more effectively support families involved with CORE.
Kate Spiering
Christie Ryan
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 continuing education credits.
Social Work (ASWB)
This program is offered for 1.0 hours of social work continuing education.
Nursing (ANCC)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.0 contact hours.
Other Healthcare Professionals:
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 1.00 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 1.00 ASWB
- 1.00 Attendance