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ForwardWhen Patients Can No Longer Make Their Own Medical Decisions: Capacity, Surrogates, and Advance Directives
An hour-long presentation on navigating medical care when the patient no longer has the ability to make their own decisions about treatment. Targeted for nurses, and social workers, the concepts of capacity, surrogate decision makers, and advance directive/living wills will be discussed in specifics of Maryland law and how they apply to our patients. Also covered, navigating these conversations with patients and families.
Target Audience
Nurse
Social Worker
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Define decision-making capacity and criteria used to determine it.
- Differentiate between capacity and competency and explain the implications for healthcare providers.
- Identify appropriate surrogate decision makers according to state laws and institutional policies.
- Interpret and apply advance directives in clinical scenarios.
- Discuss ethical principles guiding decisions for incapacitated patients, including autonomy, beneficence, and justice.
Additional Information
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An hour-long presentation on navigating medical care when the patient no longer has the ability to make their own decisions about treatment. Targeted for nurses, and social workers, the concepts of capacity, surrogate decision makers, and advance directive/living wills will be discussed in specifics of Maryland law and how they apply to our patients. Also covered, navigating these conversations with patients and families.
Zane Leydig, LCSW, MBA, HEC-C, CCISM
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 health care team. The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 24.0 contact hours.
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 and individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 24.0 continuing education credit.
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