Advance Care Planning: Advance Directives
Advance Care Planning: Advance Directives is organized by Nurse.com - OnCourse Learning Corporation.
Description:
Healthcare professionals have an important role in opening discussions with patients and their family members regarding advance care planning. Despite intensive efforts, most Americans do not have an advance directive and may face a life-threatening illness without a plan to guide their healthcare providers or relatives. End-of-life care experts stress the need for major changes in the approach to promoting advance care planning, including a focus on promoting ongoing dialogue between patients and healthcare providers. As patient advocates, clinicians are in a strong position to work with patients and other healthcare professionals to make these important changes occur.
Goal and Learning Outcomes:
The goal of this course is to provide healthcare professionals with information regarding ways to improve conversations about advance care planning such as advance directives and living wills.
After taking this course, you should be able to:
- Recall what advance care planning entails.
- Identify barriers that patients, families, and healthcare professionals face in implementing advance care planning.
- Indicate ways that healthcare professionals can involve patients in advance care planning.