Hospice & Palliative Care
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ON-DEMAND WEBINAR SERIES:
SPIRITUAL AND CULTURAL ISSUES: NURSING ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTIONS
Staff Development Educator
MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care
Purpose:The purpose of this webinar is to increase participant knowledge of how the spiritual and cultural beliefs and practices of our patients and families impact care. This knowledge will assist the participant in providing care that is holistic and culturally/spiritually sensitive, leading to the improvement of quality of life for individuals with chronic illness.
Objectives:
- Discuss how culture/spirituality impacts patient care
- State why a cultural/spiritual assessment is important
- List three reasons why family or nonprofessional interpreters should not be used
Target Audience: nurse practitioners, registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, and registered nurses with a specialty in palliative care/hospice
Criteria for Successful Completion:
- Attendance at entire session
- Submission of completed evaluation form
- Successful completion of a posttest (70% passing grade)
Continuing Education Credits: 1.0
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.
Fees:
Individual: Free (includes CE certificate)
Release Date: April 24, 2019
Expiration Date: February 1, 2025
Disclosures:
Charlotte Huebner, RN-BC, BSN, 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.
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/
The MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care is pleased to offer free interdisciplinary palliative care webinars, live and on demand, delivered by frontline experts, typically offering Continuing Medical Education (CME), Nursing continuing education (CE), Social Work CE credits, Case Manager CCMC CE credits, and Music Therapy CE credits.
Our free interactive multimedia modules on Community-Based Palliative Care Program Development and Caring for Holocaust Survivors With Sensitivity at End of Life offer up to 9.75 CE credits.
Free pdf downloads now available: 15 palliative care professional factsheets and patient education handouts on 18 topics in English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, Arabic, French, and Russian.
