This course explores the ethical considerations and the fundamental distinctions between palliative care and hospice, providing respiratory therapists with a comprehensive understanding of these approaches to patient care. Additionally, it delves into the application of palliative care principles within the context of chronic lung disease while also emphasizing the crucial role that respiratory therapists play in delivering compassionate and holistic palliative care to patients.
On Demand
Course Type: Video, Audio
CEUs/Hours Offered: AARC - CRCE/1.0; CE Broker/1.0 Direct Delivery Of Respiratory Care Services, CE Broker #20-1120348; IACET/0.1
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Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to differentiate between palliative care and hospice.
- After this course, participants will be able to discuss palliative care in the context of chronic lung disease.
- After this course, participants will be able to identify the respiratory therapist’s role in palliative care.
Course created on October 24, 2023
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction |
| 5-15 Minutes | Define palliative care and hospice, discuss barriers |
| 15-30 Minutes | Discuss evidence based medicine in palliative care and chronic lung disease |
| 30-45 Minutes | Identify the RT’s role, including discussing literature and competencies |
| 45-55 Minutes | Case discussion |
| 55-60 Minutes | Summary, Q&A |
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Shawna Strickland
PhD CAE, RRT, RRT-NPS, RRT-ACCS, AE-C, FAARC
Dr. Strickland is a registered respiratory therapist and association executive. After over a decade in clinical care, she transitioned into higher education, serving as faculty and in program administration at Southern Illinois University – Carbondale and the University of Missouri in Columbia. In 2010, she served as a clinical ethics consultant at the University of Missouri Center for Health Ethics. She transitioned into association management in 2013 at the American Association for Respiratory Care as the Associate Executive Director of Education, which expanded to include member services. She is the Associate Executive Director of Programs at the American Epilepsy Society, leading the clinical activities, research, and education divisions. In addition to association management, Dr. Strickland serves as adjunct faculty at Rush University, teaching doctoral courses in educational leadership in the College of Health Sciences. She has a special interest in clinical practice guidelines. She is a panelist on the Society for Critical Care Medicine End-of-Life Care in the Adult ICU guideline currently in development.
In March 2021, she transitioned to the American Epilepsy Society to continue focusing on effective association practice, clinical activities, research, and quality continuing education. In addition to association management, Dr. Strickland serves as adjunct faculty at Rush University, teaching doctoral courses in educational leadership in the College of Health Sciences. Her research interests include online and distance education, self-directed learning, evidence-based guidelines, healthcare workforce shortages, palliative and end-of-life care, moral distress in healthcare providers, and alarm safety.
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American Association for Respiratory Care
This non-traditional program has been approved for a maximum of 1 contact hour(s) Continuing Respiratory Care Education (CRCE) credit by the American Association for Respiratory Care, 9425 N. MacArthur Blvd. Suite 100 Irving TX 75063. Course # 190765000
CE Broker
Continued Respiratory Therapy is an approved provider for CE Broker, provider #50-30700. This course is offered for 1.0 hours. If you are a licensed respiratory therapist in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina or Texas, CE Broker may be of interest to you. For Florida respiratory therapists, this course is registered in the Direct Delivery of Respiratory Care Services category.
International Association for Continuing Education and Training
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