90-minute workshop

Thursday, October 6, 2011

10:15 AM-11:45 AM


2B
The Management of Delirium
Scott Irwin, MD, PhD

2C
Teaching Patients to Intervene and Impact Their Experience of Pain
Molly Guzzino, ATR-BC, LPC, LMFT

2D
End-of-Life Issues for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Patients: Gaining Awareness
Beth Shapiro, MSSA, LISW-S, ACHP-SW

2E
Transformations of Despair: The Arts Informing Patient Care
John Gillman, Ph.D. and Susan Freeman, MA, Rabbi

2F
The Bright Side of Bereavement Care: Putting Lessons from Research and Practice to Work in Your Program
Dale G. Larson, Ph.D.

2G
Regulatory Hot Topics
Judi Lund Person, MPH and Jennifer Kennedy, MA, BSN, RN

2H
Creating a Culture of Employee Problem Solving and Accountability
Claire B. Tehan, MA

2J
The Art of Being in Relationship
Kathie Kobler, MS, APN, PCNS-BC, CHPPN and Rana Limbo, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC

2K
Lighting the Way for Others: A Program for Developing Exceptional Preceptors
Mary Jo Quinn, MS, ARNP, ACHPN and Mary Lou Proch, EdD, MSN

2L
The Dynamics of Dying
Barbara Karnes, RN

1:30 PM-2:30 PM


3B
Practical Approaches for Appropriate Opioid Conversion and Rotation
Matthew Zimmerman

3F
Are You Still With Me? Utilizing Metaphors of Absence and Presence in Bereavement Care
John Monroe-Cassel, MDiv, MAT and Elissa Al-Chokhachy, MA, RN, CHPN, FT

3L
Masks of Hospice Professionals Grieving a Personal Death Loss
Barb Kamlet, MA, NCC

2:45 PM-3:45 PM


4A
Strengthening Teams Through Reflective Reading And Discussion: Exploring Values, Deepening Connections, Responding Imaginatively
Catherine Deamant, MD, Jennifer Smith, MD, Orlanda Mackie, MD and Elizabeth Lynn, PhD

4B
Are You Out of Your Mind? Effectively Managing Terminal Restlessness, Behavioral Disturbances and Delirium
Myra Belgeri, PharmD, CGP, BCPS, FASCP

4G
Understanding the Medicare Hospice Benefit
Susan Balfour, RN

Friday, October 7, 2011

10:45 AM-11:45 AM


6A
Is Hospice As We Know It Terminally Ill? Getting Back to "A Special Way of Caring"
Gary Gardia, MEd, LCSW, CT

6G
Hospice Eligibility and Certification – The Continuing Saga
Charlene Ross, MSN, MBA, RN and Roseanne Berry, MSN, RN

1:15 PM-2:45 PM


7A
Do You Trust Your Team? Does Your Team Trust You?
Gregory Wood, M.S., L.B.S.W. and NCHPP Executive Committee

7B
Breathing Life into an Established COPD Program
Mary Jo Quinn, MS, ARNP, ACHPN and Gregory Hughes Jr., RRT

7C
Improving Late Stage Disease Management and End-of-Life Care by Understanding the Emerging Diagnosis of Geriatric Frailty Syndrome
Daniel Hoefer, MD

7D
Saying Goodbye To Someone You Love: Meaningful Conversations at the End of Life
Fredda Wasserman, MA, MPH, LMFT, CT and Norine Dresser, MA

7E
Windows and Mirrors: A Look into the Extraordinary World of the Dying
Annette Childs, PhD

7F
Supporting The Bereaved Through the Informed Use of Clinical Interventions
Minoa Chang, MD, PhD, Joseph Pirrello, LMFT, RScP, Nicole Reich, LMFT, FT and Loni Ison, LMFT

7G
Clinical Documentation and Audits – The Clinician Connection
Roseanne Berry, MSN, RN and Jacqueline Lopez-Devine, RN, MSN

7H
Ethics Imperative: Implications of Caring for Cardiac Patients at the End of Life
Patrice Tadel, MSN, RN

7I
Education and Practical Resources to Enhance Care of Veterans with Life-Limiting Illness
Pam Malloy, RN, MN, FPCN, Emil Zuberbueler, BS, Deborah Grassman, ARNP and Michelle Gabriel, RN, MS

7K
Step Right Up! Getcha Competencies Here: Ensuring Clinical Competency for the Entire IDG
B. Darlene Avery, MDiv, LCSW and Angela Waterbury, RN, BSN, CHPN

7L
Beyond Compassion Fatigue and Burnout: Strengthening Resilience in the Hospice Team
Dale G. Larson, Ph.D.

3:00 PM-4:00 PM


8A
The Role of Core Values in the IDT: The Next Chapter
Paul Longenecker, RN, MBA, PhD

4:15 PM-5:15 PM


9F
The Complexities of Child Loss
Laura Larson, LCSW

9M
Crossing the Lines: Real Life Stories of Hospice Staff Boundary Violations and What We Can Learn From Them
April Perry, APN, M.Ed

Saturday, October 8, 2011

10:00 AM-11:30 AM


11A
Thinking Outside the Box while Placing the Patient in a Box: Challenges Faced and Lessons Learned by a Transdisciplinary Team While Caring for a Patient with Huntington's Disease
Beth Shapiro, MSSA, LISW-S, ACHP-SW

11C
To Clot or Not to Clot: The Safe and Appropriate Use of Anticoagulation in Hospice
Myra Belgeri, PharmD, CGP, BCPS, FASCP

11D
Listening with Our Eyes: Responding with Our HeARTs
Nicole Reich, LMFT, FT and Amanda Lance-Sexton, LMFT, ATR-BC

11E
Spiritual Suffering Scale: Use, Benefits and Results
Bonnie Meyer, DMin, BCC

11F
"There Is No Wrong Way To Grieve." True? Exploring Effective Bereavement Care and Programming
Gary Gardia, MEd, LCSW, CT

11G
One Step at a Time: Building Your Complementary Therapy Program on a Strong Professional Foundation
Valerie Hartman, RN, CHPN, CTRN and Terre L. Mirsch, RN, BSN, CHPN, CHPCA

11H
Transdisciplinary Approach to Ethics Consults
Victor Kovner, MD, FACP and Stephen Chavez Matzel, MSW, LCSW

11J
Building for the Long Run: Care and Feeding of the Pediatric Interdisciplinary Team
Margaret Farrar Laco, RN, MSN, CPNP and Sarah Friebert, MD

11K
More Than Bones and Biscuits: Therapy Dogs at Work
Molly Johnson, BS, CHES, KPA-CTP

11L
Creating Sacred Space for Renewal and Reflection: Personal Responsibility and Practical Applications
Noreen Carrington, LMFT, FT, Julie Prazich, MD and Holly B. Yang, MD