Education
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The Center for Education at Hospice & Palliative Care of Northeastern Illinois (HPNI) is pleased to support the continuing education efforts of healthcare professionals by offering several credited courses.
The following includes HPNI’s core Continuing Education (CE) classes; it is not a complete list. If there are other topics or areas you are interested in, and/or for more information on how to arrange a CE presentation at your location, please contact us at 847-381-5599, or fill out the form at the bottom of this page.
Pain Management for Patients/Clients/Residents with Advanced Disease
Pain management is always a top priority for healthcare providers. This course will help participants learn the important elements of pain assessment, and how to identify barriers to treating pain, the three types of pain, and pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic options for pain management. (1 Contact Hour – RN)
Symptom Management for Patients/Clients/Residents with Advanced Disease
Patients with advanced diseases commonly experience a multitude of symptoms. This course will explain the proper assessment and interventions for common symptoms experienced at end of life, and teach participants how to identify common symptoms experienced by patients/residents with advance disease. (1 Contact Hour – RN)
Ethics and End of Life Care
Healthcare providers may face ethical situations when caring for terminally ill patient/residents. In this course, participants will learn how to identify conflicts that are a barrier to making end-of-life decisions, elements in facilitating a difficult conversation, will describe the five stages of grief and identify the stage in which you or your patient/resident and family are coping. The course will also explain the elements of “self” and how “self” interacts with patient/resident and family. (1 Contact Hour – RN)
Hospice and Palliative Care Philosophy and Eligibility
Understanding the philosophy and eligibility requirements of hospice and palliative care are essential for making successful and timely referrals. This course will explain the hospice philosophy of care and describe the members and role of the hospice interdisciplinary team. Participants will learn how to identify patients/residents who are eligible for hospice or palliative care. Discussion also includes the Medicare hospice benefit and palliative care reimbursement. (1 Contact Hour – RN)
Cultural Competence and Hospice Care
Understanding the cultural traditions with regard to end of life is important for all caregivers. This course will explain the goal of achieving cultural competence, and identify cultural/ religious factors affecting American Indians, Arab Americans, Chinese Americans, Filipino Americans, Mexican Americans, and South Asian American clients/residents. The core concepts of death and dying as described by Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross will be highlighted. (1 Contact Hour – RN)
Psychosocial Care and Advance Directives in Hospice Care
Advance Directives are legal documents that explain a patient’s specific goals and wishes regarding end-of-life healthcare. This course will describe factors that contribute to how a patient and family cope with an advanced illness, identify psychosocial interventions that a social worker may use in the plan of care and emotional concerns a patient may experience with an advanced disease. We will cover the five stages of dying as described by Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, and two things you can do as a health care provider to provide emotional support to a patient with advanced disease. This program will also explain the importance of a patient completing an advance directive. (1 Contact Hour – RN)
Advance Care Planning: Helping Patients Take Control and Get What They Desire
This course will discuss current and historical perspectives on death and dying, describe palliative and hospice care and what role each plays in the overall health care of patients, and identify ways to better understand patient goals and how to address them. It will also explain DNR and other advance care planning options, describe the different legal advance directive forms and highlight the importance of communication and “having the conversation.” (1 Contact Hour – RN/SW)
An Innovative Partnership . . . Introducing Palliative Care to Heart and Lung Disease Patients
Studies have proven that palliative care is very beneficial for patients with cardiac and pulmonary diseases. This course will cover how to elicit goals of care with heart disease patients, how to recognize prognostic signs and symptoms in heart failure, how lung disease affects quality of life, the role of palliative care takes for these patients. (2 Contact Hours – RN)
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