Educational Programs - The Carolinas Center for Hospice & End of Life Care

The Carolinas Center for Hospice and End of Life Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

The Carolinas Center provides education for hospice professionals, volunteers, and board members through a variety of workshops, seminars, and conferences. Topics include clinical practice, interdisciplinary team practice, management, personal development, program development, and research.

To view our "Disclosure to Participants," click here. For more information about our educational programs, please contact Mary Doherty, Director of Education at 919.677.4127 or mdoherty@carolinasendoflifecare.org.

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Join Us at the 2010 Annual Conference!
Call for Presentationsfor Our 2010 Annual Conference!
Exhibitor Information for the 2010 Annual Conference
Hospice and Palliative Nurse Certification Review
Transform Your Interdisciplinary Group… An Intensive Training for IDG Team Leaders, Clinical Managers and Team Facilitators
August Breakfast for Brainiacs^® - Non-Opioid Symptom Management
Optimize Your Physician Billing While Avoiding Compliance and Overpayment Risk
Pain Resource Nurse Training - September
September Breakfast for Brainiacs^® - Complicated Mourning
November Breakfast for Brainiacs^® - Wound Care for Hospice Patients
December Breakfast for Brainiacs^® - Burnout, Compassion Fatigue & Self Care
Pain Resource Nurse Training - December

Brochures and registration forms for the upcoming educational events listed below are provided in PDF format.
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EDUCATION NEWSLETTER

The Carolinas Center sends out an education newsletter twice a month with all of our upcoming events as well as events offered by hospice provider members and collaborating agencies of The Carolinas Center. If you would like to be on this mailing list, please click here.

AUDIO CONFERENCE TAPES AND CD's

Click here to order tapes and CDs from our Breakfast for Brainiacs^®, Tea Time Topics, and Cancer Series audio conferences.

OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

Click here to view educational programs offered by members and partners of The Carolinas Center.

MEDICARE LEARNING NETWORK

The Carolinas Center has a partnership with The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
For information on the "Medicare Learning Network" (Medlearn), go to:
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medlearn

Join Us at the Annual Conference in October!

A New Look for an Old Friend

The Carolinas Center for Hospice and End of Life Care's Annual Conference will be held October 3-6, 2010 at the Hilton Myrtle Beach Resort in Myrtle Beach, SC, and this year we are sporting a new "look"!

Mercy Hospice has graciously offered to host an opening reception at their facility on Sunday evening beginning at 6:30 pm. It is located close to the hotel, and if you sign up, you'll receive easy directions! There will be wine and cheese and best of all you'll have an opportunity to view the Transformation Art Exhibit! Special thanks for Mercy Hospice for offering to sponsor this reception/exhibit!

Sunday afternoon, we will begin with our pre-conference workshops, including the Medicare Update; Workplace and Personal Safety for Hospice; and Transformations/Employing Art as a Fundraiser. Three great workshops to choose from…

The Annual Conference will begin at 1:30 pm on Monday, October 4, and we are very pleased to announce that our keynote for the meeting is Judi Lund Person, Vice President, Compliance and Regulatory Leadership for the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.

This year will also feature workshops that are geared toward administrative and leadership as well as clinical staff. This is a banner year…

Make plans now to attend. You won't want to be left out!

To download the brochure, click here

To register online, click here

Call for Presentations

As part of The Center’s effort to provide quality educational programs to the health care community, we invite its members and professionals in the hospice and end of life care communities to submit presentation proposals for free-standing workshops and audio conferences. The Center is seeking proposals on innovative clinical approaches to hospice, end of life care, and interdisciplinary team communication.

Your presentation should focus on key issues facing clinical and non-clinical team members, including nurses, nurse practitioners, nursing assistants, social workers, chaplains, bereavement counselors, volunteer managers, therapists, medical directors, accounting, human resources, and topics on leadership and management.

This form can be used to submit proposals for:

One-day free standing workshops
One and one half day free standing workshops
Two full days free standing workshops
One hour audio conferences
Breakfast for Brainiacs audio conference series

Click here to download the form.

Once the form is filled out, it can be faxed to: 919.677.4199 or mailed to:

The Carolinas Center for Hospice
PO Box 4449
Cary, NC 27519

If you have any questions, please contact Mary Doherty, Director of Education, at: 919.677.4127 or
mdoherty@carolinasendoflifecare.org

Exhibitor Information for the 2010 Annual Conference

The 34th Annual Conference will be held October 3-6, 2010, at the Hilton Myrtle Beach Resort in Myrtle Beach, SC. The exhibit hall will be open for a Welcome Reception and Trade Show on Monday evening, October 4 from 5:00 to 6:30 pm, and on Tuesday, October 5, from 7:00 am to 1:30 pm.

This is your opportunity to reach 500 hospice CEOs, physicians, pharmacists, nurses, social workers and other professionals. As an exhibitor and/or sponsor, your company will gain exposure and showcase your products and services to hospices and healthcare providers. You will be able to network and share your services during the Monday evening Welcome Reception and the Tuesday morning Trade Show.

Click here to download the exhibitor information and registration form.

If you have any questions, please contact Mary Doherty, Director of Education, at: 919.677.4127 or
mdoherty@carolinasendoflifecare.org

Hospice and Palliative Nurse Certification Review

When: August 19-20, 2010
Where: Charlotte Marriott Executive Park, Charlotte, NC

Speakers: Betsy Clark, RN, BS, CHPN

On-line Application Deadline: August 15, 2010
Paper Application Deadline: July 15, 2010

This is the deadline to apply to sit for the examination. You must submit you application to National Board for Certification of Hospice and Palliative Nurses. Do not send your application to The Carolinas Center!

This is a review course only. The Carolinas Center does not administer the testing and is not involved in certification. You may download applications and guidelines at www.nbchpn.org. Registering for this course does not mean you’ve applied to sit for the exam!

Course Description

The Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association offers a “Clinical Review for The Generalist Hospice and Palliative Nurse” as a means of preparing the practitioner for certification. Registered Nurses who participate in this 1.5 day review can expect a general presentation of the material via multi-media tools, handouts and lectures, as well as individual and group exercises to reinforce the information. The goal of this presentation is to promote and review the special knowledge of Hospice nursing care as well as disease progression. Regulatory aspects of the Medicare Benefit are also included. The material is presented congruently with the Study Guide for the Generalist Hospice and Palliative Nurse.

The review is most useful to the participants when personal study time is applied in combination with the use of the study guide and lecture information. However, as with any course of material, there is no guarantee of a passing grade in testing. This is dependent on the abilities of the participant.

Participants will be able to:

Describe methods of establishing care goals for hospice and palliative care settings
Define the components of treatment decisions
State the principles of effective pain management
Identify the components of a thorough pain assessment
Define common symptoms present at the end of life
Describe pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for common symptoms that can be included in the plan of care at the end of life
Discuss the management of dying, grief and bereavement in any care setting
Describe examples of self-determined needs in end of life care

Nursing Contact Hours:

The Carolinas Center for Hospice and End of Life Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Centerfs Commission on Accreditation. This eduational offering has been approved for 9.0 nursing contact hours.

To download the brochure for more information including price and cancellation policy, click here.

To register online, click here.

Transform Your Interdisciplinary Group… An Intensive Training for IDG Team Leaders, Clinical Managers and Team Facilitators

When: August 26-27, 2010
Where: Charlotte Marriott Executive Park, Charlotte, NC

Speakers: Kathy Egan City, MA, BSN, Executive Director, Suncoast Institute; Susan Bruno, MSW, LCSW, Director of Outreach, Suncoast Institute

Program Descriptions

Does your organizational culture reflect the value of interdisciplinary practice? How can a practice model optimize experiences for people we serve, our staff and volunteers? This interactive two day training workshop will reflect upon the experiences of those we serve and the value of hospice/palliative care interdisciplinary teams to support those experiences. Participants will complete a team and organizational assessment of an IDT model and discuss ways to create organizational systems and culture that values and supports all members of the IDT. Enhancement of facilitation skills, IDG collaboration techniques, documentation review and a simulated team meeting will be some of the skill-building exercises participants will experience.

Tools You Can Use To:

List three challenges that create obstacles to a more assertive approach to care
Build best practices that value IDG expertise and minimize challenges
Guide quality care with the “Suncoast Hospice Experience” approach
Improve IDG collaboration, care and documentation while meeting the new CoPs
Achieve the 6 goals of IDT meetings
Facilitate effective, efficient and meaningful IDT meetings
Improved quality IDG care, 24/7 collaboration and team accountability
Support a healthy balance for staff and volunteers

Agenda

Regulatory Requirements and Medicare Conditions of Participation related to Care Planning and Team Meeting Issues
Incorporating the “Experience” Approach to Care
Understanding the Purpose and Goal of Team Meeting
Creating an Environment that Values Interdisciplinary Participation
MVQOLI – What it is – How to use it – How to use the tool in IDG Care Planning
Facilitating Team Process and Skill Building
Documenting the IDG Process
Team Simulation- Putting the Processes to Work
Supporting the Team while Accomplishing the Goal

To download the brochure for more information including price and cancellation policy, click here.

To register online, click here.

Breakfast for Brainiacs^® Audio Conference

Non-Opioid Symptom Management

When: Thursday, August 19, 2010 from 8:30-9:30 am
Where: Audioconference

Speaker: Janet Bull, MD, Four Seasons, Flat Rock, SC

Participants will be able to:

Define symptom clusters and the role of cytokines

Identify different clusters and treatment options

Describe individual symptoms and management based on evidence

Note: to register for this event by fax, please download the flyer, complete it, and fax it to 803.791.5664. If you have any questions about the Breakfast for Brainiacs program, please contact Tracy Forman at tforman@carolinasendoflifecare.org or 803.791.4220.

Optimize Your Physician Billing While Avoiding Compliance and Overpayment Risk

When: September 9-10, 2010
Where:Hyatt Regency, Greenville, SC

Speakers: Jean Acevedo, LHRM, CPC, CHC, CENTC, Acevedo Consulting Incorporated; Timothy P. Cousounis, CHE, DAI Palliative Care Group; Christopher P. Acevedo, CHC, CPC, Acevedo Consulting Incorporated; Sandra Weikel Miller, Attorney at Law, Womble Carlyle and Janet Bull, MD, FAAPHM, Four Seasons

This seminar is for all professionals seeking guidance on how to effectively navigate the complex issues surrounding hospice and palliative care physician billing. Join Jean and Christopher Acevedo, Timothy Cousounis, Sandy Miller and Dr. Janet Bull has they help guide you through the maze to "Optimize Your Physician Billing While Avoiding Compliance and Overpayment Risk".

To download the brochure for more information, click here.

To register online, click here.

Pain Resource Nurse Training

When: September 24, 2010
Where: Hospice of Davidson County, 200 Hospice Way, Lexington, NC

Speakers: Tamara N. Bowman, RN, CHPN

Nurses, join us for a full day of training as a Pain Resource Nurse (PRN). Our goal is to improve pain care and to train YOU to be a resource in your institution for other staff members regarding pain management. It will also help improve policy and remove barriers in your practice setting.

Objectives:

Identify barriers and misconceptions related to pain management
Verbalize understanding of the differences between addiction, tolerance, dependence and pseudo addiction and opioid withdrawal syndrome
Demonstrate knowledge of appropriate skills of pain assessment
Verbalize understanding of opioid induced side effects and measures to manage these side effects
Identify neuropathic pain and appropriate treatment modalities
Identify non-pharmacologic measures which may be used in pain management
Identify symptoms of “good” pain management
Identify ethical issues of pain management
Identify strategies to promote effective communication between medical team and the patient
Discuss the role of PCA and epidurals in pain management
Discuss the PRN role and verbalize understanding of that role

This activity has been approved for 7.3 nursing contact hours.

To download the brochure for more information, click here.

To register online, click here.

Breakfast for Brainiacs^® Audio Conference

Complicated Mourning

When: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 from 8:30-9:30 am
Where: Audioconference

Speaker: Mary Raymer, MSW, ACSW, Raymer Psychotherapy & Consultation Services, Acme, MI

Participants will be able to:

Define complicated mourning (prolonged grief disorder)

Differentiate between complicated mourning (prolonged grief disorder) and normal grief

Identify strategies for intervention and/or referral

Breakfast for Brainiacs^® Audio Conference

Wound Care for Hospice Patients

When: Thursday, November 18, 2010 from 8:30-9:30 am
Where: Audioconference

Speaker: Freda Clark Cowan, MSN, FNP-C, WCC, Hospice and Palliative Care Center, Winston-Salem, NC

Participants will be able to:

Discuss wounds commonly found in hospice patients

Discuss wound care goals

Discuss wound care treatments

Breakfast for Brainiacs^® Audio Conference

Burnout, Compassion Fatigue & Self Care

When: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 from 8:30-9:30 am
Where: Audioconference

Speaker: Carol Wogrin, PsyD, RN, FT, Director, National Center for Death Education, Newton Center, MA

Participants will be able to:

Distinguish between compassion fatigue and burnout as two forms of caregiver stress

Identify factors that put a professional at risk of developing compassion fatigue or burnout

Describe strategies to reduce caregiver stress

Pain Resource Nurse Training

When: December 17, 2010
Where: Nisbet Education Center of Self Regional Healthcare, 1202 Edgefield Street, Greenwood, SC

Speakers: Tamara N. Bowman, RN, CHPN

Nurses, join us for a full day of training as a Pain Resource Nurse (PRN). Our goal is to improve pain care and to train YOU to be a resource in your institution for other staff members regarding pain management. It will also help improve policy and remove barriers in your practice setting.

Objectives:

Identify barriers and misconceptions related to pain management
Verbalize understanding of the differences between addiction, tolerance, dependence and pseudo addiction and opioid withdrawal syndrome
Demonstrate knowledge of appropriate skills of pain assessment
Verbalize understanding of opioid induced side effects and measures to manage these side effects
Identify neuropathic pain and appropriate treatment modalities
Identify non-pharmacologic measures which may be used in pain management
Identify symptoms of “good” pain management
Identify ethical issues of pain management
Identify strategies to promote effective communication between medical team and the patient
Discuss the role of PCA and epidurals in pain management
Discuss the PRN role and verbalize understanding of that role

This activity has been approved for 7.3 nursing contact hours.

To download the brochure for more information including price and cancellation policy, click here.

To register online, click here.

Disclosure to Participants

Successful Completion of this Continuing Nursing Education Activity:

In order to receive full contact-hour credit for CNE activity, you must:

Be present no later than five (5) minutes after starting time
Remain until the scheduled ending time, and
Sign the attendance Roster, and complete and submit the Evaluation Form to the staff person overseeing the workshop at the conclusion of the program, at which time you will receive your certificate.

Requirements for successful completion may also include participation in individual or group activities, such as discussion, exercises, practice questions, pre-/post-testing, etc.

Conflict of Interest

A Conflict of Interest occurs when an individual has an opportunity to affect educational content about health-care products or services of a commercial interest with which she/he has a financial relationship.

The planners and presenters of each CNE activity will disclose any conflict of interest, and the resolution status at each CNE activity.

Non-Endorsement of Products

The Carolinas Center for Hospice and End of Life Care's approved provider status, and the NC Nurses Association's accredited approver status refers only to continuing education activities and does not imply that there is real or implied endorsement of any product, service, or company referred to in this activity nor of any company subsidizing costs related to the activity.

Off-label Product Use

This CNE activity does not include any unannounced information about off-label use of a product for a purpose other than that for which it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).