AgeWISE Geriatric Education Seminar (AGES): Best Practices in Geropalliative Care

Target Audience

All nursing staff (RNs, CNAs, Techs) and interdisciplinary healthcare professionals involved in the care of older adults. We encourage AgeWISE nurses to attend for AgeWISE sustainability.

Cost

Value: $120.
Cost: is $48 with promo code 60PD

Methodist and Jennie Ed employees please use the 2013 health system promo code for a 100% discount.

Course Description

Purpose Statement: This program is designed to provide an interprofessional forum for staff to engage in learning and implementing best practices in geropalliative care; to improve patient outcomes through sustaining and spreading AgeWISE principles; and to provide ongoing support to AgeWISE RNs and AgeWISE sustainability.

Participants will be able to:

• Identify the role of healthcare providers in conducting family meetings in both in-patient and out-patient settings.

• Explore communication strategies when having difficult conversations with families.

Agenda

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Speakers

Clay Hoberman, DO is certified in hospice and palliative care medicine and has extensive experience in medical acupuncture.
Jen Kaluza, MSN, APRN-NP is a nurse practitioner for palliative care services for Methodist Hospital.
Deborah Conley, MSN, APRN-CNS, GCNS-BC, FNGNA is a gerontological clinical nurse specialist and co-director of the AgeWISE nurse residency program at Methodist Hospital.
Jenna Wordekemper, BSN, RN, is an AgeWISE RN and care coordinator at Methodist Hospital.

Credit Information

In order to obtain contact hours or CEUs for a continuing education event, participants are required to attend the entire event and return a completed evaluation.

Nebraska Methodist College Professional Development awards educational credit to the disciplines listed below. Each professional is accountable to understand their accrediting/licensing body's standards and requirements. The definitive source of information on continuing education requirements is your state or national regulatory board.

Nurses
3.0 contact hours awarded. Code #NE10-13C32.
Nebraska Methodist College Professional Development is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Nebraska Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Social Work
This offering meets the continuing education criteria for 3.0 clock hours for Nebraska and Iowa Social Workers.

Physical Therapy And Physical Therapist Assistants
This offering meets the continuing education criteria for 3.0 clock hours for Nebraska and Iowa physical therapists and physical therapist assistants.

Occupational Therapy and Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants
This offering meets the continuing education criteria for 3.0 clock hours for Nebraska and Iowa occupational therapists
and certified occupational therapy assistants.

Education Credit
3.0 Education hours. Nebraska Methodist College Professional Development assigns education hours based on 60 minutes of classroom instruction for each offering. Participants may use these for their professional continuing education hours and toward re-licensure if so approved within the standards and guidelines of their discipline.