The 5 C's of Palliative Care: Communication, Coordination, Connection, Community and Centering
John Muir Health, Walnut Creek Medical Center
1601 Ygnacio Valley Road
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
Saturday, October 20, 2018 at 8:30am PT - 3:15pm PT
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Info
Topic
How to Have Difficult Conversations in Palliative and Hospice Care
Speaker(s)
Gloria Lewis, Mary Umstattd, Susan Kimura, Kim Carroll, Dihuyen Ho, mulitple MDs and NPs to facilitate Communication Training
Credits Offered
This event offers
6.0 CE credits
to attendees.
Accreditation Info:
California Board of Registered Nursing.
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Additional Information
Join your local HPNA chapter in learning how to have those DIFFICULT conversations with our patients in the style of VITAL TALK.. This will be a day highlighting the importance of those Palliative Care professionals in preparing patients for their medical trajectory from diagnosis to death. There will be a 2 hour practice session with case scenarios facilitated by MSWs and NPS at the end of the confrence to allow practice with these skills for having difficult conversations. Please join us for this exciting day! Encourage your colleagues to join our chapter. Everyone who brings a new member to the chapter will receive a copy of Drug Dealer, MD by Anna Lembke, MD. Please notify Debi at debi.careatlifesend@gmail.com if you bring a new member to the chapter. We are always looking for interested persons to work on our steering board so if you are interested please contact one of the board members.