Classes
2010 class calendarDeveloping Communication Techniques for End-of-Life Care
Course description
Good communication is the cornerstone of excellent palliative care. This class will address the barriers and facilitators of patient/family/clinician communication during chronic and terminal disease.
The conference will include discussion regarding POLST (California Law AB 3000, enacted January 2009), a new legally-recognized form by which patients can provide advance directives for their end-of-life care in the form of medical orders that must be honored by emergency personnel in the field, emergency rooms, and across patient care settings.
The conference will include discussion regarding POLST (California Law AB 3000, enacted January 2009), a new legally-recognized form by which patients can provide advance directives for their end-of-life care in the form of medical orders that must be honored by emergency personnel in the field, emergency rooms, and across patient care settings.
Topics include
- Introducing the patient and family to the concept of palliative care.
- Factors that may influence a patient/family decision to elect palliative care.
- The role of physician orders for life sustaining treatment (POLST) in advance care planning.
- Conducting a family conference.
- Cultural and religious diversity in palliative care.
- Communicating when the dying patient is a child.
C.E. credit
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number CEP 26, for 6.25 contact hours.
Provider approved by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, provider number PCE 737 for 6.25 hours of continuing education credit for MFT’s and LCSW’s.
UC Davis Medical Center is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Attendees will not receive C.E. credit if they are more than 20 minutes late; no partial credit can be awarded.
Provider approved by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, provider number PCE 737 for 6.25 hours of continuing education credit for MFT’s and LCSW’s.
UC Davis Medical Center is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Attendees will not receive C.E. credit if they are more than 20 minutes late; no partial credit can be awarded.
Registration
Please select a class date above and complete the registration form. If using a credit card, submit the registration form and phone in your credit card number to (916) 734-9790. If paying by check, please print the registration form, attach your check made payable to UC Regents dated for the date of the class, and mail to:
Center for Nursing Education
4900 Broadway, Suite 1630
Sacramento, CA 95820
Registrations are confirmed only if deposit or fee is provided with registration form.
UC Davis employees
$25 registration deposit. Registration deposit is returned upon completion of class. Cancellation must be requested five days prior to class date to receive deposit refund.
Community registrants
$94 registration fee. Refund must be requested five days prior to class date and will be subject to a $25 service charge.
Persons with disabilities
Individuals needing special accommodations may call the Center for Nursing Education at (916) 734-9790.
Parking
Parking is available in lot 25 next to the M.I.N.D. Institute. Park with a UC Davis parking permit, or purchase a daily permit for $5.
Coordinator
Brian Underwood
Analyst II
Analyst II