Earn up to 28 CE hours! Including up to 7 Pharmacology CE hours!
As a healthcare professional, you do everything you can to be there for your dying patients. That often includes holding a hand, granting a final desire, having the difficult conversations... and doing your best to make sure no one has to die alone. It is a privilege to be allowed into this space to support the emotional needs of end-of-life patients and their loved ones.
The hard truth is that healthcare professionals delivering end-of-life care need a combination of up-to-date knowledge, compassion at the bedside, and advocacy skills. With the powerful 2023 End of Life Certification Conference, you will advance your skills and transform your practice with these topics:- Crucial Conversations
- Prognostic Scales
- Medication Management of Symptoms
- Honoring Cultural Preferences
- Red Flags of Compassion Fatigue
- Stepwise Progression in Pain Management
- Ethical and Legal Dilemmas
- Impact of Afterlife Perspectives
- Dietary Supplements
- Palliative Wound Care
You will have access to 10 End-of-Life clinical authorities who will help to inspire your purpose! The multidisciplinary presenters include nurse practitioners, an international grief specialist, a healthcare attorney, mental health experts, a dietitian nutritionist, advanced certified hospice and palliative nurses & more! Earn up to 28 CE hours, including up to 7 Pharmacology CE hours!
THAT's NOT ALL! You can become a Certified Compassion Fatigue Professional*! CCFP certification is a $99.99 value but it's FREE with your registration! *Professional standards apply.
2023 End of Life Certification Conference
Accompanying the Dying PatientLive Online Event | October 19 & 20, 2023
-or- Access the Training Course afterwards to watch on your own schedule
$1,799.89 total value
Just $499.99 Today
Earn up to 28 CE hours! Including up to 7.0 Pharmacology CE hours!
Click here for CE Credit breakdown
Click here for CE Credit breakdown
FREE BONUS! Compassion Fatigue Certification Included! (a $99.99 value)
Can't attend? Click here to register for the on-demand course.
Advance Your End-of-Life Skill Set…
You know what it's like to go home after your shift and wonder if you gave your very best to each patient. When the days are so hectic, it can be difficult to stay up to date. Register now for the most powerful end-of-life event — the 2023 End of Life Certification Conference — and you'll unlock the latest evidence and best practice guidelines! What you can expect to take away:
- Update on the optimal pharmacological interventions for distressing symptoms
- Delve into major categories of cultural influence on end-of-life beliefs and decisions
- Learn about serious illness messaging, conversation steps and guidelines, and how to address decision-making challenges
- Plan for unique end-stage disease complexities for: End-stage liver, kidney, lung disease, heart disease, and cancer
- The compassion and empathy toolkit to maintain purpose, fulfillment & thrive
- Discuss ethical and legal dilemmas related to the withdrawal of lifesaving measures
- Analyze how perspectives on the afterlife affect individual responses to death
- Analyze the role of guilt in the development of prolonged grief
- Discriminate medications for breakthrough pain when opioids are not effective
- Explain the use of dietary supplements and optimal nutritional needs
- Evaluate atypical types of palliative wounds and symptom management for each
- Develop skills to work through palliative referral, financial considerations, and hospice eligibility criteria
Summit Highlights
★ Live Online Event: October 19 & 20, 2023 -or- Access the Training Course afterwards to watch on your own schedule
★ Earn your Compassion Fatigue Certification! (a $99.99 value)
★ Access 10 End-of-Life clinical authorities who will help to inspire your purpose! The multidisciplinary presenters include nurse practitioners, an international grief specialist, a healthcare attorney, mental health experts, a dietitian nutritionist, advanced certified hospice and palliative nurses & more!
★ Earn up to 28 CE hours, including up to 7.0 pharmacology CE hours!
★ Includes 7 FREE bonus videos — to watch at your convenience
★ Must-know topics include Crucial Conversations, Prognostic Scales, Medication Management of Symptoms, Honoring Cultural Preferences, Red Flags of Compassion Fatigue, Stepwise Progression in Pain Management, Ethical and Legal Dilemmas, Impact of Afterlife Perspectives, Dietary Supplements, and Palliative Wound Care!
★ Learn the very latest evidence-based interventions to alleviate distressing symptoms
★ Designed for: NPs, APRNs, RNs, PAs, Social Workers, and other professionals who care for End-of-Life patients
2023 End of Life Certification Conference
Accompanying the Dying Patient
Accompanying the Dying Patient
Live Online Event | October 19 & 20, 2023
-or- Access the Training Course afterwards to watch on your own schedule
$1,799.89 total value
Just $499.99 Today
Earn up to 28 CE hours! Including up to 7.0 Pharmacology CE hours!
Click here for CE Credit breakdown
Click here for CE Credit breakdown
FREE BONUS! Compassion Fatigue Certification Included! (a $99.99 value)
Can't attend? Click here to register for the on-demand course.
Flexibility to meet your learning needs!
Registration options include:
Registration options include:
Live
Experience the Live Online Summit
October 19 & 20, 2023
October 19 & 20, 2023
- Earn up to 28 CE hours
- Includes up to 7.0 pharmacology CE hours
- Get your questions answered by leading experts
- Virtual networking with colleagues across the country
- Video access available for 30 days afterward*
Self-Study
Can't Attend Live?
Watch the Video Training Course
Watch the Video Training Course
- Earn up to 28 CE hours
- Includes up to 7.0 pharmacology CE hours
- Watch the videos on your own schedule
- Unlimited access to all summit sessions (live and bonus)
- Completely flexible learning for your busy schedule
*Please note you would need to watch the presentations that are being presented live in order to receive live credit.
2023 End of Life Certification Conference
Accompanying the Dying Patient
Accompanying the Dying Patient
Live Online Event | October 19 & 20, 2023
-or- Access the Training Course afterwards to watch on your own schedule
$1,799.89 total value
Just $499.99 Today
Earn up to 28 CE hours! Including up to 7.0 Pharmacology CE hours!
Click here for CE Credit breakdown
Click here for CE Credit breakdown
FREE BONUS! Compassion Fatigue Certification Included! (a $99.99 value)
Can't attend? Click here to register for the on-demand course.
A Few Colleague Reviews of Your Conference Speakers
"Lores (Vlaminck) was a WONDERFUL presenter. She kept my attention. Her passion for her work was evident throughout."
— Mary, Registered Nurse
"Dr. Paul Langlois did a FABULOUS JOB! I really enjoyed his content and charismatic personality... so easy to listen."
— Mindi, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
"Loved the videos clips added to the material! Appreciated the personal stories and intervention recommendations!"
— Dianna, Nurse Practitioner (on Nancy Joyner)
"Heart-wrenching examples!"
— Donna, Nurse Practitioner (on Laurie Klipfel)
"She obviously has a lot of experience! Her case histories were informative and helpful!"
— Christine, Registered Nurse (on Latasha Ellis)
Live Sessions — October 19 & 20
Join your trailblazing expert presenters who walk the talk. They see end-of-life patients in their respective specialized practice settings. Not only will they synthesize the latest coming from evidence but will also deliver tips and advice learned through their extensive patient care experiences.
Culture into Practice: Improving the End of Life Experience
Thursday, Oct. 19 | 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM Central Time
Thursday, Oct. 19 | 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM Central Time
** 3 hours Cultural Competence CE
Latasha Ellis, PhD, LCSW, LISW-CP, OSW-C, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, entrepreneur, and educator with over 22 years of post-graduate experience in the field of medical social work and mental health. She worked in an acute care hospital serving patients with chronic illness, more specifically patients with end-stage renal disease, cancer, cardiac disease, and chronic lung disease. Dr. Ellis is currently a Certified Oncology Social Worker and values the impact of culture on healthcare practices, outcomes, and the patient-provider relationship.
- Delve into major categories of cultural influence on end-of-life beliefs and decisions
- Discuss practice considerations for improving patients end-of-life experiences while honoring cultural preferences
- Understand the impact of social determinants of health on the quality of comfort care and end-of-life
Pharmacology Update: End of Life Symptom Management
Thursday, Oct. 19 | 12:45 PM – 4:00 PM Central Time
Thursday, Oct. 19 | 12:45 PM – 4:00 PM Central Time
** 3 hours Pharmacology CE
Fran Hoh, PhD, APN, ACHPN, is an advanced practice hospice and palliative care nurse who is passionate about end-of-life care. Dr. Hoh currently works in home care and has vast experience providing acute care palliative care consultations. She has her own practice, Always Think Comfort, in which she provides palliative care services to patients in long-term care facilities, with the goal of preventing unplanned and unnecessary hospitalizations.
- Discuss the components to optimal treatment of dyspnea at end of life
- Update on pharmacologic management of GI symptoms at end of life
- Identify specific strategies to treat anxiety, existential distress and depression at end of life
- Evaluate the causes and treatment of fatigue when it presents with terminal illness
Serious Illness Messaging & Crucial Conversations
Friday, Oct. 20 | 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM Central Time
Friday, Oct. 20 | 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM Central Time
Nancy E. Joyner, MS, APRN-CNS, ACHPN®, is a Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist, working as the palliative care specialist disseminating awareness and education regarding palliative care statewide. Nancy is an End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium trainer and is currently president of Honoring Choices® North Dakota, North Dakota's POLST Program Coordinator and co-creator of the HCND ACP Facilitator Certification Course.
- Supporting patients through their medical decision-making requires very specific discussions
- Learn about serious illness messaging, conversation steps and guidelines, the power of four words, and how to address decision-making challenges
- Discuss ways to address the most difficult question: "How long do I have?"
End Stage Diseases: Care When There is No Cure
Friday, Oct. 20 | 12:45 PM – 4:00 PM Central Time
Friday, Oct. 20 | 12:45 PM – 4:00 PM Central Time
** 1 hour Pharmacology CE
Lores Vlaminck, MA, BSN, RN, CHPN, LALD, has been a leading provider of consulting, training, and mentoring for hospice, assisted living, home care, and related health care providers for the past 17 years. In addition to being a certified hospice and palliative care nurse, Lores is also a national trainer for the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) curriculum that encompasses palliative and hospice care. She was previously named an "ELNEC Educator of the Year".
- Plan for the unique end-stage disease complexities of: End-stage liver, kidney, lung disease, heart disease, and cancer
- Determine current pharmacological measures to provide palliative care measures
- Evaluate functional assessment scales that are predictive of poor survival
2023 End of Life Certification Conference
Accompanying the Dying Patient
Accompanying the Dying Patient
Live Online Event | October 19 & 20, 2023
-or- Access the Training Course afterwards to watch on your own schedule
$1,799.89 total value
Just $499.99 Today
Earn up to 28 CE hours! Including up to 7.0 Pharmacology CE hours!
Click here for CE Credit breakdown
Click here for CE Credit breakdown
FREE BONUS! Compassion Fatigue Certification Included! (a $99.99 value)
Can't attend? Click here to register for the on-demand course.
PLUS, when you register today,
you'll receive 7 FREE video bonus sessions!
A $1,079 value!
you'll receive 7 FREE video bonus sessions!
A $1,079 value!
1) Compassion Fatigue Certification Training for Healthcare, Mental Health& Caring Professionals
** Includes optional Certified Compassion Fatigue Professional* (CCFP) certification
($99.99 value for FREE) *Professional standards apply
Debra Alvis, PhD, is a licensed psychologist, professor, and workplace wellness consultant whose trainings to address compassion fatigue have helped healthcare and mental health professionals around the country. Over the last 20 years, Dr. Alvis has designed individual and group programs to promote stress hardiness, work-life balance, and resiliency for nurses, physicians, social workers, counselors, and others working in jobs with excessive demands on their empathy. Dr. Alvis lectures, leads retreats around the world, and maintains a private practice in Georgia where she treats clients with anxiety, trauma, shame, depression, and relational concerns.
($99.99 value for FREE) *Professional standards apply
- Red flags to watch for: Signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue
- Discover the compassion and empathy toolkit to maintain purpose, fulfillment, and thrive
- Conquer burnout with strategies to de-stress, manage emotions, reduce anxiety, and stop feeling overwhelmed
- Approach retention and resiliency to build better work environments
2) End of Life Compassionate Care: Ethical and Legal Dilemmas
** 1.5 hours Ethics CE
Lois Fenner, RN, MS, JD, Attorney at Law, is a Certified Clinical Specialist (Psychiatric) and a founding member of The American Association of Nurse Attorneys. Her law practice focuses on medical and healthcare litigation and consulting: including medical malpractice, wrongful death, risk management, and professional boards/licensures.
- Discuss ethical and legal issues related to the withdrawal of lifesaving measures
- Appropriate legal uses and requirements for Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
- Navigate the healthcare professional's responsibilities and obligations, while respecting the dying patient's values and wishes
3) Pharmacology of Pain Management at the End of Life
** 3 hours Pharmacology + Pain Management CE
Paul Langlois, APN, PhD, CCRN, CCNS, is a critical care clinical specialist in the Surgical, Medical, Neurologic, Burn, CCU, and Trauma ICUs of Cook County Hospital, Chicago. As a bedside clinician, Dr. Langlois has developed institution-wide protocols for the multidisciplinary assessment and management of terminally ill patients, including multi-system organ failure patients.
- Describe the stepwise progression in pain management at the end-of-life
- State at least two indications for initiating opioids at the end-of-life
- Discriminate medications for breakthrough pain when opioids are not effective
- Identify at least two medications which are used for intractable pain
4) Nourishing the Older Adult: Challenges and Controversies
Liz Friedrich, MPH, RDN, CSG, LDN, FAND, NWCC, is a registered Dietitian Nutritionist and president of Friedrich Nutrition Consulting, which provides a variety of nutrition consulting services with a focus on gerontological nutrition. She has also authored or co-authored numerous articles in journals and magazines on nutrition and aging, wound healing, and end-of-life care. Liz is Board Certified as a Specialist in Gerontological Nutrition, is a fellow in the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and is Nutrition Wound Care Certified.
- Evaluate the best nutritional assessments for older adults
- Explain the use of dietary supplements and other ways to meet unique nutritional needs
- Delve into nutritional controversies - use of therapeutic diets and the relationship of diet for cognitive decline
5) Palliative Wound Care: Focus from Healing to Comfort
Laurie Klipfel, RN, MSN, ANP-BC, CDCES, WCC®, has been a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist for over 20 years managing both inpatient and outpatient care for patients with diabetes. She is a Board-Certified Adult Nurse Practitioner and holds Wound Care Certified Certification (WCC) through the National Alliance of Wound Care and Ostomy.
- Management of side effects: Drainage, odor, bleeding, itching, wound pain
- Evaluate atypical types of palliative wounds and symptom management for each
- Manage the emotional and psychological effects of end-of-life wounds for patients and families
6) End of Life: Palliative and Hospice Care Benefits
Lores Vlaminck, MA, BSN, RN, CHPN, LALD, has been a leading provider of consulting, training, and mentoring for hospice, assisted living, home care, and related health care providers for the past 17 years. She will cover issues related to both palliative care and hospice, including referrals, financial aspects, and barriers and benefits.
- Evaluate the eight domains of the National Consensus Project
- Determine concrete strategies to identify patients for whom aggressive therapy is not appropriate
- Develop skills to work through palliative referral, financial considerations, and hospice eligibility criteria
7) Death, Dying & Bereavement: New Strategies for Clients & Their Families to Find Meaning at the End of Life
Ligia M. Houben, MA, FT, FAAGC, CPC, is a Fellow in Thanatology and a Fellow of the American Academy of Grief Counseling. Ligia is an international grief specialist and author, and she has devoted her life to helping others transform their losses and their lives. She is a pioneer in working with Hispanic people and grief and has appeared on numerous radio and television programs, airing on networks such as CNN Español, NPR, NBC, and Univisión. Ligia is a former adjunct professor, teaching courses on ethics, religion, and death and dying. She is the founder of My Meaningful Life, LLC. and the Center for Transforming Lives in Miami, Florida.
- Analyze how different perspectives on the afterlife affect individual responses to death and bereavement
- Develop strategies to assist clients and their caregivers with end-of-life preparation
- Use strategies to normalize grief and aid in processing grief
2023 End of Life Certification Conference
Accompanying the Dying Patient
Accompanying the Dying Patient
Live Online Event | October 19 & 20, 2023
-or- Access the Training Course afterwards to watch on your own schedule
$1,799.89 total value
Just $499.99 Today
Earn up to 28 CE hours! Including up to 7.0 Pharmacology CE hours!
Click here for CE Credit breakdown
Click here for CE Credit breakdown
FREE BONUS! Compassion Fatigue Certification Included! (a $99.99 value)
Can't attend? Click here to register for the on-demand course.
Elevate your status as a clinician...
In just three easy steps, you will become a Certified Compassion Fatigue Professional (CCFP)*:
Step 1: Watch the online bonus session.Step 2: Complete the CE test and instantly print your certificate of completion.
Step 3: Submit your application to Evergreen Certifications and we'll cover the cost of your certification for 1 year (a $99.99 value!).*
That's it! No hidden fees. No catch. Just certification made EASY.
*Professional standards apply. Learn more at www.evergreencertifications.com/CCFP.
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2023 End of Life Certification Conference
Accompanying the Dying Patient
Accompanying the Dying Patient
Live Online Event | October 19 & 20, 2023
-or- Access the Training Course afterwards to watch on your own schedule
$1,799.89 total value
Just $499.99 Today
Earn up to 28 CE hours! Including up to 7.0 Pharmacology CE hours!
Click here for CE Credit breakdown
Click here for CE Credit breakdown
FREE BONUS! Compassion Fatigue Certification Included! (a $99.99 value)
Can't attend? Click here to register for the on-demand course.