Course Code: REL-ALL-0-HIEXCL
Hours: 1
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2029
Learning Objectives:
Recall the elements of hospice services, including regulatory requirements.
Identify the experiences of patients, families, and professionals unique to hospice.
Outline:
Section 1: Understanding the Hospice Model
Entering the Hospice Field
What Is Hospice?
Why Are You Transitioning to Hospice?
Patient and Family Challenges
Seek to Understand
Clinical Practice Example
Mr. Baker
Regulatory Requirements
Processes, Documents, and Filings
IDG Service Delivery
Five Standards
Initial and Comprehensive Assessments
Time Frames, Disciplines, and the Approach
The Comprehensive Assessment
Discharge, Revocations, and Transfers
Ending Hospice Services
The Baker Home Visit
Key Takeaways
Section 2: Adapting Your Practice for Hospice Care
Advance Care Planning
Your Expanded Role
Navigating Conflict
Medication Management
A Complex Starting Point
Deprescribing
Making the Transition
New Experiences Working in Hospice
Clinical Practice Example
Bill’s Weekend on Call
Debriefing Bill’s Experience
Professional Practice
Boundaries
Emotional Distress
Implicit Bias
Sustaining a Career in Hospice
Your Approach
The Team Approach
Review
Key Takeaways
Section 3: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributor
Resources
Scales
References
Subject Matter Expert: Susan Heinzerling, BSN, RN, CHPN
Susan Heinzerling earned a Bachelor of Science in biology and a Bachelor of Science in nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as well as a Master of Life Sciences in physiology from North Carolina State University. She became a doctoral candidate in immunology at the University of South Alabama. Her research experiences in the biomedical sciences led to an interest in evidence-based practices. Ms. Heinzerling began her nursing career as a medical/surgical nurse. Patients in acute care with multiple chronic conditions and repeated hospitalizations inspired her practice of hospice nursing. She has worked as a hospice admissions nurse and a hospice RN case manager in both a large urban setting and a rural community.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Advanced Practice Nurses; Nursing Personnel; Social Workers; in the following settings: All Healthcare Facilities.
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.