As a healthcare professional, you need to have a clear understanding of ethical principles and the way your personal values may impact the individuals and families in your care. In this course, you will learn about fundamental ethical concepts, common ethical dilemmas that arise in palliative care, and ways to apply this foundational knowledge to prevent ethical dilemmas and preserve patient autonomy. The goal of this course is to equip behavioral health counseling, nursing, and social work professionals in hospice and palliative care with ethics training.
In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Arkansas State Board Of Nursing Approved Continuing Education program (CEBroker Provider #50-290).
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Relias LLC is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Relias LLC maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.50 Ethics continuing education credits.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP# 13791
Nurses will receive 1.50 contact hours for participating in this course.
This program has been pre-approved by The Commission for Case Manager Certification to provide 1.5000 hours of Ethics continuing education credit to CCM® board certified case managers.
District of Columbia Board of Nursing Approved Continuing Education program (CEBroker Provider #50-290).
Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Florida Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Georgia Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Kentucky Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Nurses will receive 1.50 contact hours for participating in this course.
Mississippi Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
New Mexico Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Relias, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0009.
Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of licensed master social work and licensed clinical social work in New York. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice for an LMSW and LCSW. A licensee who practices beyond the authorized scope of practice could be charged with unprofessional conduct under the Education Law and Regents Rules.
As a provider of online, asynchronous education, some courses offered by Relias Learning are considered “self-study” under section 74.10(c)(2)(ii)(b)(4) of the Commissioner’s Regulations. The regulations limit self-study activities taken from a provider approved by the Education Department to no more than 12 hours in the 36-month registration period or one-third of the hours in a registration period other than 36 months.
Social workers will receive 1.50 continuing education hours for participating in this course. This activity is approved for 1.50 contact hours.
North Dakota Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board Provider #RSX091903 (CEBroker Provider # 50-290)
South Carolina Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners (CEBroker Provider 50-290)
Texas HHSC has determined that Relias' submitted training meets or exceeds the minimum standards for HCSSA administrator training in the following categories: Hospice. Texas HHSC also recognizes Relias provides continuing education for administrators and alternate administrators. This activity is approved for 1.50 contact hours.
West Virginia Board of Registered Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Ethical Concepts
Palliative Care
Ethical Principles
Bioethics and Ethical Dilemmas
Review
Summary
Section 3: Common Ethical Dilemmas
A Right to Choose
Withdrawing vs. Withholding
Artificial Nutrition and Hydration
Life Support
Other Treatment-Related Issues
Palliative Sedation
Defining Death
Determining Brain Death
Recent Ethical Issue
Review
Summary
Section 4: Preventing Ethical Dilemmas
Facilitating End-of-Life Decisions
Landmark Court Cases
Advance Care Planning
Advance Directives
Living Will
Healthcare Surrogate Designation
Having the Conversation
Medical Orders
Five Wishes®
Review
Summary
Section 5: Conclusion
Summary
Course Contributor
Resources
References
Susan Heinzerling earned a Bachelor of Science in biology and a Bachelor of Science in nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as well as a Master of Life Sciences in physiology from North Carolina State University. She became a doctoral candidate in immunology at the University of South Alabama. Her research experiences in the biomedical sciences led to an interest in evidence-based practices. Ms. Heinzerling began her nursing career as a medical/surgical nurse. Renal patients in acute care with multiple chronic conditions and repeated hospitalizations inspired her practice of hospice nursing. She has worked as a hospice admissions nurse and a hospice RN case manager in both a large urban setting and a rural community.
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