Palliative and Hospice Care: Helping Patients Navigate End-of-Life Decisions

This course will equip healthcare professionals to serve as a navigator to patients when exploring end-of-life decisions regarding palliative and hospice care.

Certified for RNs, LVNs, SWs, CCMs, ACMs, LPCs, PTs, PTAs, OTs, OTAs, SLPs and AUDs in Texas
Certified for RNs, LVNs, SWs*, CCMs, and ACMs in all states
Content Level: Intermediate

(*Except SWs in New Jersey, New York and West Virginia)

About the author:
Robyn Horn has her Master’s degree in Long-Term Care Administration from the University of North Texas as well as an undergraduate degree in Psychology from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. She served as a licensed nursing home administrator for 13 years which included two years at an Alzheimer’s assisted living facility. Robyn has facilitated several caregiver support groups in both facility and community settings. She is also Author of the book, “Transforming the Mundane into Sacred: Spirituality in Caregiving for the Elderly.”

Objectives:

• Describe how the Choosing Wisely campaign helps facilitate end-of-life conversations.
• Discuss the value of conversations concerning end-of-life care preferences with patients and the healthcare professional’s role as a navigator.
• Compare and contrast palliative and hospice care.
• Identify the healthcare professional’s role in helping patients navigate end-of-life decisions.

Course Outline:
1)  Learning outcomes and introduction
2) Explore the Choosing Wisely campaign and how it relates to the healthcare professional’s role of being the patient’s navigator
3) Identify why patients need a navigator
4) Analyze the differences and similarities between palliative and hospice care
5) Review the Kubler Ross change curve and how healthcare professionals can utilize it to better understand their patients when assisting as a navigator at the end-of-life

This course is in a written format, and your certificate will be available for download immediately after successful completion of the post-test and evaluation. A score of 80% or greater is required to pass, and you may re-take the post-test if needed.

Nurses – HIS Cornerstone is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Louisiana State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. LSNA Provider No. 4002094.
Social Workers and LPCs:This program meets the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council’s CE criteria for 1.0 contact hour
Physical Therapists/PTAs: This activity has been approved by the Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners for 1.00 CCUs for PTs and PTAs. (Expires 9/4/2026)
Occupational Therapists/OTAs: The TOTA Continuing Education Review Committee has approved this course for the following continuing education units (CEUs): 1 contact hour / 1.0 CEUs of OT Education.  (Expires 9/4/2025)
Speech-Language Pathologists/Audiologists: This program has been approved for 1 clock hours of continuing education credit by the Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association (TSHA). TSHA continuing education hours can be used toward renewal of your Texas license and as professional development activities for the maintenance of your ASHA Certificate of Clinical competence (CCC). (Expires 9/3/2025)
ACMA and CCMC Case Managers: This program fits the description of an ACMA approved CE because it has been awarded contact hour(s) by H.I.S. Cornerstone, a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Louisiana State Nurses Association. As of July 1, 2020 CCMC recognizes ACMA’s continuing education offerings to meet the requirements of the Certified Case Manager (CCM) credential. This is NOT a CCMC-approved ethics CE.