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Hospice and Palliative Care are services that are available to our patients in the hospital setting and Discharge Planners play a pivotal role in assisting with making arrangements for this type of care. During this session, Discharge Planners will learn the differences between Hospice and Palliative Care and how they can benefit patients.
Discussing Hospice and Palliative Care can be a difficult conversation for many Discharge Planners. This session will help understand not only the difference between the two but how to engage in the conversation and make arrangement for these services.
Target Audience
Nurse
Social Worker
Learning Objectives
Recognize the benefits of Hospice and Palliative care
Apply introduction strategies when discussing Hospice and Palliative Care
Learn how to respond to emotional statements when having conversations with patients and families
Additional Information
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Hospice and Palliative Care are services that are available to our patients in the hospital setting and Discharge Planners play a pivotal role in assisting with making arrangements for this type of care. During this session, Discharge Planners will learn the differences between Hospice and Palliative Care and how they can benefit patients.
Discussing Hospice and Palliative Care can be a difficult conversation for many Discharge Planners. This session will help understand not only the difference between the two but how to engage in the conversation and make arrangement for these services.
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