Clinical Bereavement Education

October 3, 2023

This education is intended to close the gap of understanding the process of grief and grieving for clinical staff supporting people with advanced illness.

This activity will support the development of cooperative interdisciplinary efforts to attend to the needs of their patient populations. The newly provided information across disciplines will facilitate cohesive team-to-patient support.

Target Audience

Nurse

Nurse Practitioner

Social Worker

Learning Objectives

Define grief and identify types and variations of grief.

Discuss and differentiate between Prolonged Grief Disorder DSM v ICD

Compare Grief/Depression/Adjustment Disorder/PTSD

Review bereavement models.

Identify strategies, techniques and resources for supporting bereaved clients, colleagues and yourself.

Additional Information

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 2.00 ASWB
  • 2.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
09/21/2023
Course expires: 
12/31/2023
Event starts: 
10/03/2023 - 11:00am EDT
Event ends: 
10/03/2023 - 1:00pm EDT
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This education is intended to close the gap of understanding the process of grief and grieving for clinical staff supporting people with advanced illness.

This activity will support the development of cooperative interdisciplinary efforts to attend to the needs of their patient populations. The newly provided information across disciplines will facilitate cohesive team-to-patient support.

Allies for Health & Wellness
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

Elizabeth Schandelmeier, LCSW, APHSW-C

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 2.0 continuing education credits.


Nursing (CNE)

The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 2.0 contact hours.

Social Work (ASWB)

The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Education activity is 2.0 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

  • 2.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 2.00 ASWB
  • 2.00 Attendance
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