\n<\/b>\u2022 A certificate of completion
\n\u2022 The on-demand recording to watch at your convenience, for at least one year
\n\u2022 A handout in PDF format for viewing or self-printing<\/p>\n
Objectives: Description: Who Should Attend?: Valerie Cooper is a Hospice Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner with Home and Community Care Support Services South East Ontario. She sees patients in their homes in a variety of geographies, from urban to remote. She works in a shared-care model with patients\u2019 existing primary care providers to support patients with malignancies and end-stage organ diseases to die in their preferred place of death.<\/p>\n She lectures in the undergraduate program at Queen\u2019s School of Nursing and has developed and taught an elective undergraduate course on hospice palliative care nursing. She has also contributed to a continuing education course for nurse practitioners on palliative care through the University of Toronto. Valerie is a member of the Dying with Dignity Canada\u2019s Clinician Advisory Council, as well as many Communities of Practice related to both Palliative and End-of-Life Care and Medical Assistance in Dying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Duration: Presenter:<\/strong> Includes:
\n<\/strong>\u2022 \u00a0Identify issues contributing to suffering experienced by patients requiring palliative and end-of-life care and their families and describe approaches to address these.
\n\u2022 Understand and recognize the concept of \u201ctotal pain\u201d and become aware of how physical, psychological, social, emotional and spiritual concerns each contribute to the pain experience
\n\u2022 Describe appropriate approaches to treatment of \u201ctotal pain\u201d for patients and families using a multi-modal approach.
\n\u2022 Identify why patients at the end of life may request MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying) and describe approaches to respond to a patient\u2019s or family\u2019s request for hastened death.
\n\u2022 Demonstrate awareness of the current MAiD legislation within Canada.<\/p>\n
\n<\/b>Every person dies. The main goal of Palliative Care is to help patients achieve the best possible quality of life right up until the end of life. In this webinar, several timely issues will be discussed: approaches to suffering and the pain experience of patients; the concept of “total pain” and approaches to its treatment; addressing physical, psychological, social, emotional and spiritual concerns of patients; why patients may request medical assistance in dying (MAiD) and how to respond; and finally, to review the Canadian laws around medical assistance in dying.<\/p>\n
\n<\/b>\u2022 Physicians, Palliative Care Nurses, Oncology Nurses, Hospice Nurses,
\nHome Care Nurses, Primary Care Nurses, End of Life Doulas
\n\u2022 Nurse Practitioners, Medical Surgical Nurses, Geriatric Nurses, Transition Coordinators
\n\u2022 Pharmacists, Medical Social Workers, Tele-Health Nurses, Chaplins<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/healthlinksed.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Valerie-Cooper-225x300.jpg\")
Valerie Cooper,\u00a0 MN, NP-Adult, CHPCN[C]<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n120 minutes including a Q&A<\/p>\n
\nValerie Cooper,\u00a0 MN, NP-Adult, CHPCN[C]<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 A certificate of completion
\n\u2022 The on-demand recording to watch at your convenience, for at least one year
\n\u2022 A handout in PDF format for viewing or self-printing<\/p>\n
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