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Palliative Medicine and End of Life Care:
2018 Update
Including Related Topics in Neurology
-Night
Round-trip
December 31 - 31, 1969
Round-trip
December 31 - 31, 1969
14 ACPE Credits
14.0 Contact Hours
Target Audience
Nurses, Nurse PractitionersNurses, Nurse PractitionersPhysicians, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Pharmacists
Program Purpose / Objectives
Topics
- Palliative Care Overview: History, Range of focus and Relation to Hospice Care
- To discover the roots of palliative medicine, its impact on traditional practice models and the relation/definition between palliative and hospice care
- Advanced Care Directives
- To define the history/legalities of advanced care directives.
- To differentiate the various formats and techniques to advance end of life discussions.
- To examine the controversies in ACD such as surgical thirty day rules.
- Pain Management and Palliative Care: Pharmaceutical review and a Review of the Issues of the Opioid Crisis
- To illustrate treatment options for critical and end of life medical conditions.
- To examine the roots and solutions of the opioid crisis particularly as related to palliative and hospice care.
- COPD, CHF and ESRD in Palliative Care
- To utilize palliative medicine skills in the planning/treatment of these common chronic conditions.
- Patient Driven Voluntary Cessation of Hydration and Nutrition
- To identify the phenomena of patient's elective decision in non acutely mortal situations to terminate their lives through active decision.
- To examine the practitioners role/obligations in such a situation
- End of Life Symptomology and Management
- To summarize the common EOL symptoms.
- To demonstrate pharmaceutical and behavioral management of these conditions.
- Reimbursement and Coverage Strategies
- To examine the CMS rules of remuneration for non palliative/hospice providers in palliative/hospice patients
- Mental State - delirium, MCI and dementia
- Can the Patient Hear Me? - awareness, unresponsiveness and coma
- Stroke - follow-up and prognosis
- Gap Analysis - quality approach to practice improvement
- Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson's in Palliative Care
- Brain Death - what is it and diagnosis
- The Plan for Monday - changes for ease of practice and improvement in care
Conference Sessions generally take place on days at sea (as itinerary allows), giving you plenty of time to enjoy your meals, evenings and ports of call with your companion, family and friends.
IMPORTANT NOTE: All conferees, their families, and guests must book their cruise within the University at Sea® meeting group through University at Sea® at 800-926-3775 or by registering online. This ensures our company can provide conference services and complimentary social amenities to all meeting participants and their guests. Thank you for your cooperation.
Our staff can assist you with all your travel arrangements.
Questions? Call us at 800-422-0711.
We can assist you with all your travel arrangements. We'd be happy to help you plan your flights, hotels or tours before and/or after your cruise conference.
We can assist you with all your travel arrangements. We'd be happy to help you plan your flights, hotels or tours before and/or after your cruise conference.
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Our staff can assist you with all your travel arrangements.
Questions? Call us at 800-422-0711.We can assist you with all your travel arrangements. We'd be happy to help you plan your flights, hotels or tours before and/or after your cruise conference.
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