Course Code: REL-ALL-0-AAD
Hours: 0.5
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2028
Learning Objectives:
Identify the most common types of advance directives and find out if a person has made them.
Explain how advance directives can improve quality of life, even at the end of life.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: What Are Advance Directives?
Advance Directives
Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA)
Know Your State Laws
Common Types of Advance Directives
Living Will
Living Wills: The Law
Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare
When Does a POA Apply?
Psychiatric Advance Directives
Do Not Resuscitate Order
National POLST
Organ Donation Directives
Making Advance Directives
Hard Conversations
Cultural Competence
Education
Review
Section 3: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributor
Resources
Reference
Subject Matter Expert: Jennifer W. Burks, M.S.N., R.N.
Jennifer has over 30 years of clinical and teaching experience, and her areas of expertise are critical care and home health. She is certified as an OASIS Specialist- Clinical (COS-C) and is a Curriculum Designer in post-acute care for Relias. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from The University of Virginia in 1993 and her Master of Science in Nursing from The University of North Carolina, Greensboro in 1996. Her professional practice in education is guided by a philosophy borrowed from Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing, “I do not pretend to teach her how, I ask her to teach herself, and for this purpose, I venture to give her some hints.”
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: All Staff; 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.