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June 18, 2024
12:30PM - 1:30PM EDT
Documentation In-Depth Webinar: Supportive Documentation for End of Life Care
This presentation is crafted to assist healthcare professionals with the essential skills and knowledge needed to provide comprehensive and compassionate documentation during the final stages of life.
Virtual
Description
Course Description:
In the delicate realm of end-of-life care within SNFs/NFs, the importance of supportive and empathetic documentation cannot be overstated. This presentation is crafted to assist healthcare professionals with the essential skills and knowledge needed to provide comprehensive and compassionate documentation during the final stages of life.
Learning Objectives:
1. Participants will acquire the skills to create thorough and compassionate documentation including care preferences, goals, and interventions specific to end-of-life scenarios.
2. Participants will gain an understanding of the regulatory and ethical considerations associated with end-of-life care documentation.
3. Participants will understand how to document the holistic aspects of care, including psychological and spiritual dimensions, to ensure a dignified and compassionate end-of-life experience for residents and their families.
Course Content:
15 min - Explore the foundational principles and key components of documenting end-of-life care and the importance of capturing resident’s preferences and wishes.
15 min - Discuss the regulatory and ethical frameworks governing end-of-life care documentation, advance directives, and respecting patient autonomy.
15 min - Understand how to capture holistic aspects of care, including psychological and spiritual dimensions, to ensure a dignified and compassionate end-of-life experience.
15 min - Discuss best practices for documenting pain management and care adjustments in a manner that supports comfort and quality of life.
Target Audience
Nursing staff, DONs, IDT
Additional Documentation In-Depth Webinar Sessions
This is the sixth of 12 monthly webinar sessions.
Sessions are scheduled on the following Tuesdays each month from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. ET. You may register for each session individually by clicking on the date next to each session title.
- July 16: Supportive Documentation for Pressure Ulcer Prevention & Management
- August 20: Supportive Documentation for Nutrition/Hydration Services
- September 17: Supportive Documentation for Respiratory Care
- October 15: Supportive Documentation for ADL Care, Declines and Restorative Nursing
- November 19: Supportive Documentation for Skilled Care Justification
- December 17: Supportive Documentation for Infection Prevention and Control
Presented by
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Eleisha Wilkes, RN, GERO-BC, RAC-CTA, RAC-CT, DNS-CT
NAB Approved Contact Hours & CEUs
Each session is eligible for one contact hour (NAB). Proactive Medical Review will award the contact hour for primary registrants who provide their NAB ID at the time of registration and attend the full session.
Each session is eligible for one CEU for licensed Indiana administrators. LeadingAge Indiana will award the Indiana-specific CEU for each individual who signs the CEU Sign-In form returned to LAIN after a session. Signing the CEU Sign-in form attests that you have listened to the webinar in full.
Please note that in order to receive continuing education credits for this webinar, you MUST login via the webinar software on your computer, or via the mobile app. We are unable to grant continuing education units for those who call in by phone only without doing so through the GoToWebinar application on your phone. As a registered participant, you will receive access to the webinar recordings. No CEUs are given for watching the recording.
Cost
- LAIN, INALA, IHPCO and HOPE members: $65.00
- Eligible LAIN Samaritan Alliance members: $32.50
- Eligible INALA Samaritan Alliance members:$48.75
- Non-members: $100.00
Cost covers ONE (1) connection to each month's live webinar presentation, copies of each month's slide deck, and access to a recording of each month's presentation. Multiple staff members may participate in live webinar presentation from, the single connection. If multiple individuals wish to participate from different locations / different campuses, additional registrations are required.
Questions? Contact Emily Berger.