Loss, Grief, & Bereavement: Helping Individuals Cope, 4th Edition

Loss, Grief, & Bereavement: Helping Individuals Cope, 4th Edition is organized by Western Schools and will be held from Dec 19, 2018 - Dec 31, 2021. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 30 Contact Hours.

Description:
This course contains essential information that nurses can use to help individuals, families, and communities cope with loss, grief, and bereavement, or reflect on issues and practices related to death. The course reviews the the role of palliative and hospice care in providing the highest quality end of life care. Content on advance care planning helps nurses become better communicators with patients, and fosters a better understanding of ethical issues surrounding end-of-life care. Updated content on religious beliefs, grief reactions to loss, suicide care, and communities responding to homicide or other traumatic death is also presented. The course examines the mourning process, including grief in children and adolescents, and the experiences of those suffering from compassion fatigue or vicarious trauma. Bereavement policies to manage grief in the workplace are also covered.

Course Objectives:
• Explain common concerns related to death and a positive way of thinking about thanatology or the study of death.
• Identify the components and functions of the American death system.
• Describe the purpose and approaches of palliative care and hospice care in delivering high quality care at the end of life, and the significance of advance care planning.
• Discuss the importance of respect for patients’ religious beliefs, rituals, and practices at the end of life and immediately after death.
• Describe factors that influence the way patients grieve after experiencing a loss.
• Discuss the magnitude of suicide as a public health concern and the related implications for nurses and other clinicians.
• Describe challenging issues affecting survivors of homicide victims (co-victims).
• Explain how bereaved individuals, including children and adolescents, cope with mourning, loss, and grief.
• Describe effective communication techniques tailored to the needs of the bereaved, including individuals and groups.
• Recognize resilient self-care strategies to help prevent and cope with compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma from working with dying individuals and their families.
• Identify a framework for interprofessional education and training on community bereavement after violent death and mass trauma.
• Recognize ways in which employers can protect the well-being of their employees who experience loss.