Hospice & Palliative Care

Speaker: Joyce Palmieri, MS, RN, CHPN
Vice President of Clinical Services
MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care

Purpose: This webinar will assist the participant to acquire the knowledge and skills to provide hospice and palliative care for individuals with chronic illness, leading to the improvement of quality of life for individuals with chronic illness.

Objectives:

1. Explain the principles and models of case management
2. Articulate and incorporate the practice of clinical assessment
3. Articulate and incorporate best practices in the assessment and management of patients with chronic illness

Target Audience: Nurse practitioners, registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, registered nurses with a specialty in palliative care/hospice, social workers, case managers, and healthcare coaches

Criteria for Successful Completion:

1. Attendance at entire session
2. Submission of completed evaluation form
3. Successful completion of a posttest 80% passing grade (mandatory to receive CE credit for social workers)

Continuing Education Accreditation

Nurses: MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Northeast Multistate Division Education Unit, an accredited approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Social Workers: MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0242.

Case Managers: This program has been pre-approved by The Commission for Case Manager Certification to provide continuing education credit to CCM® board certified case managers. The course is approved for 1.0 CE contact hour.
To claim this CE, log into your CCMC Dashboard at www.ccmcertification.org.

Fees:
Individual: Free (includes CE certificate)

Release Date: August 28, 2019

Expiration Date: February 1, 2025 (for nurses); January 31, 2025 (for NYS Social Workers); November 18, 2025 (for Case Managers)

Disclosures:
Joyce Palmieri, MS, RN, CHPN, has no financial arrangements or affiliations with any commercial entities whose products, research or services may be discussed in these materials. Any discussion of investigational or unlabeled uses of a product will be identified.

Russell K. Portenoy, MD, Planner, has indicated a relationship with Tabula Rasa for research support.

No other Planning Committee Member has any disclosures.

Planning Committee Members
Myra Glajchen, DSW
Kerrianne P. Page, MD, HMDC
Joyce Palmieri, MS, RN, CHPN
Karen Richards, PhD, EdS

Funding Disclosure: No commercial funding has been accepted for the activity.

Location: Online at https://www.mjhspalliativeinstitute.org/e-learning/