A Walk in the Woods: Updates on Palliative Medicine & End-of-Life Care for Nursing Professionals

A Walk in the Woods: Updates on Palliative Medicine & End-of-Life Care for Nursing Professionals is organized by Goals of Care Coalition of New Jersey (GOCCNJ).

Release Date: May 30, 2025
Expiration Date: May 30, 2028

Learning Objectives

• Consider how palliative care may improve quality of life and life expectancy in the seriously ill
• Identify gaps in medical education that contribute to poor end-of-life (EOL) care, clinician burnout, depression and suicide
• Highlight the importance of prognostication; identify measures to assist in making accurate prognosis
• Identify strategies for improved patient centered medical decision making including addressing cross cultural differences regarding serious illness/death across the healthcare team, potential impacts of disparities on EOL care and the importance of appropriate cross-cultural communication
• Facilitate conversations about diagnosis, prognosis, and how to deliver bad news using the 4 Step model
• Describe the role Practitioner Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) plays in EOL planning and how to introduce it in practice; identify appropriate patients that would benefit from POLST
• Identify systemic and technological breakthroughs in palliative medicine; discuss at home programs; share information about national coalitions & programs
• Identify those eligible for hospice care and describe the Medicare hospice benefit
• Describe the laws and regulations around Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD)
• Review evidence based methods for reducing stress and burnout among the healthcare team