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Overview
Provides nurses with information about hospice and palliative care so they can educate and facilitate patients who may benefit from these services.Goals and Learning Outcomes
The use of hospice and palliative care services continues to grow in the U.S. However, confusion about what the programs offer remains. This educational activity compares services and reimbursement for hospice and palliative care programs. Nurses should be knowledgeable so they can answer questions and discuss specific options with patients as well as make appropriate referrals based on patient and family goals of care.
- Identify patients who may be eligible for referral to a hospice or palliative care program.
- Explain similarities and differences between hospice and palliative care services and benefits.
- Summarize the most common issues that may delay or prevent referrals to hospice programs.
- Identify patients who are eligible for referral to a hospice or palliative care program
- Explain hospice and palliative care services and benefits
- Understand the issues that may delay or prevent referrals to hospice programs
Course Details
Course Originally Released on : 10/1/2020
REL-ACU-0-HPC
Course Author
MSN, RN
PhD, MA, RN, OCN
MSJ, RN
Accreditations
NURSES
In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC 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.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP#13791
Disclaimer: Not all courses will provide California Board of Registered Nursing approval. Per California Assembly Bill No. 241, continuing education courses related to direct patient care shall address at least one or a combination of the following:(1) Examples of how implicit bias affects perceptions and treatment decisions of licensees, leading to disparities in health outcomes; or (2) Strategies to address how unintended biases in decision-making may contribute to health care disparities by shaping behavior and producing differences in medical treatment along lines of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics.
CEBroker
Relias LLC reports to CEBroker for the following boards (Provider # 50-1489): Arkansas State Board Of Nursing, District Of Columbia Board Of Nursing, Florida Board Of Nursing, Georgia Board Of Nursing, New Mexico Board Of Nursing, South Carolina Board Of Nursing and West Virginia Board Of Examiners For Registered Professional Nurses
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Disclosures
None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.