DAY 1-Integrating Palliative Care in Continuum of Care Operations (On-site)

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On-site Conference Attendance for Day 1 - Monday, October 7, 2019 of "Integrating Palliative Care in Continuum of Care Operations"

In these sessions, attendees can expect to learn about and discuss resident needs, difficult areas of communication, strategies for teaching communication, and the function of Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI). They will also examine issues of mental health, providing examples of psychological and psychiatric suffering as well as strategies and tools for caring for those needs. Additional sessions will review how to screen residents and families to assess beliefs, values, rituals, and practices, as well as treatment plans. In “Self-Care,” the challenges of balancing work and personal life, and the stress that results, are discussed; self-assessments and strategies of self-care will also be addressed. Two labs will be included for further exploration and practice.

  1. Structures and Processes of Care
  2. Psychological and Psychiatric Aspects of Care
  3. Lab Session: Teaching Communication Skills for Psychological and Psychiatric Aspects of Care
  4. Spiritual, Religious and Existential Aspects of Care 
  5. Lab Session: Teaching Communication Skills to Support Spiritual, Religious and Existential Aspects of Care
  6. Thriving in a Stressful and Sometimes Traumatic Environment: Taking  Responsibility to Promote and Adapt  Excellent Self-Care

Administrators, Nurses, New York Social Workers, Dietitians, Recreational Therapists, and Catholic Chaplains are eligible to receive up to 6.0 continuing education units based on attendance. 

This conference is located in Germantown, NY.

For session descriptions and to learn more, visit our conference web page.

Betty Ferrell, PhD, MA, FAAN, FPCN

Director and Professor, Division of Nursing Research and Education, Department of Population Sciences, City of Hope National Medical Center

Betty Ferrell has been in nursing for 42 years and has focused her clinical expertise and research in pain management, quality of life, and palliative care. Dr. Ferrell is the Director of Nursing Research & Education and a Professor at the City of Hope Medical Center in Duarte, California. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and she has over 450 publications in peer-reviewed journals and texts. She is Principal Investigator of a Research Project funded by the National Cancer Institute on “Palliative Care for Patients with Solid Tumors on Phase 1 Clinical Trials” and Principal Investigator of the “End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC)” project. She directs several other funded projects related to palliative care in cancer centers and QOL issues. Dr. Ferrell is Co-Chairperson of the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care.   

Dr. Ferrell completed a Masters degree in Theology, Ethics and Culture from Claremont Graduate University in 2007. She has authored eleven books including the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing (5th Edition, 2019) published by Oxford University Press. She is co-author of the text, The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Nursing published in 2008 by Oxford University Press and Making Health Care Whole: Integrating Spirituality into Patient Care (Templeton Press, 2010). In 2013 Dr. Ferrell was named one of the 30 Visionaries in the field by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Health Association.

Pam Malloy, MN, RN, FPCN, FAAN

Director and Co-Investigator of the ELNEC Project; Special Advisor on Global Initiatives, American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)

Pam Malloy is an oncology clinical nurse specialist with over 35 years of experience in clinical medical/surgical and oncology nursing, staff development, education and administration. Ms. Malloy is currently the Director and co-investigator of the ELNEC Project, as well as Special Advisor on Global Affairs at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), Washington, DC.  She serves as faculty for all the national ELNEC courses and has presented ELNEC in eleven international countries.  

Ms. Malloy directed the California Endowment project for AACN on developing cultural competencies for undergraduate and graduate nursing students.  In addition, Ms. Malloy serves on the Board of Directors of Living Room International, which provides hospice services in Kipkaren, Kenya.  She serves as an advisor for several grants involving education, quality of life, and palliative care. Ms. Malloy is also a Florence Wald Fellow, Fellow in Palliative Care Nursing (FPCN) and Fellow at the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN).  She has written and had published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and has written chapters for various textbooks.  Email contact: pmalloy@aacnnursing.org

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