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
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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
Accompanying the Dying Patient
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Registration options include:
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*
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.
Accompanying the Dying Patient
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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.

Thursday, Oct. 19 | 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM Central Time
- 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
Thursday, Oct. 19 | 12:45 PM – 4:00 PM Central Time
- 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


Friday, Oct. 20 | 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM Central Time
- 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?"
Friday, Oct. 20 | 12:45 PM – 4:00 PM Central Time
- 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

Accompanying the Dying Patient
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you'll receive 7 FREE video bonus sessions!
A $1,079 value!

($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
- 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


- 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
- 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


- 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
- 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


- 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
Accompanying the Dying Patient
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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!).*
*Professional standards apply. Learn more at www.evergreencertifications.com/CCFP.
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Accompanying the Dying Patient
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