NHPCO's 12th Clinical Team Conference and Pediatric Intensive

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

9:00 AM-5:00 PM


PC01
The Social Work End-of-Life Education Project
Mary Raymer and Theresa Altilio

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

9:00 AM-12:00 PM


PC04
Complex Cases: Pain Management
Roger Strong, NP, PhD, Rosene Pirrello, Gary Buckholz and Charles Lewis

PC05
Advanced Skills for Building Strong Teams: Communication, Goal Setting and IDT Best Practices
Gary Gardia, MEd, LCSW, CT

9:00 AM-5:00 PM


PC01
The Social Work End-of-Life Education Project
Mary Raymer and Theresa Altilio

PC02
CANCELLED ~Managing Interpersonal Conflict in End-of-Life Care: Skill Building for Palliative Care Practinioners ~CANCELLED
Larry Bridgesmith, J.D. and Melinda Henderson, MD, CMD, FAAHPM

PC03
Hospice Documentation – Just Do It!
Jennifer Kennedy, MA, BSN, RN and Anne LeMere, RN, BSN, CHPN

1:30 PM-4:30 PM


PC06
Advance Care Planning - Designing an Effective Consultation Service from Community to Hospital
John Tastad, Suzi K. Johnson, MPH, RN and Margaret Elizondo, MD

PC07
Unimaginable Loss: Helping Parents and Siblings Cope with the Death of a Child
Marcia Lattanzi-Licht, LHD, RN, LPC

PC08
Complementary Therapies in Hospice Care: A Primer and Action Plan
Katie Cyre, MS, MT-BC

Thursday, October 6, 2011

10:15 AM-11:45 AM


2A
Team Spirit? Tools for Advanced Engagement
Marcia Lattanzi-Licht, LHD, RN, LPC

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

2I
Palliative Care in the PACE Model
Richard O. Schamp, MD and Karren Weichert

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

2M
StoryCorps and the Power of Storytelling
Perri Chinalai, MA and Adam Wilson

1:30 PM-2:30 PM


3A
Using Appreciative Inquiry to Bring Out the Best of Your Interdisciplinary Team
Gwynn Sullivan, RN, MSN

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

3C
Fall Assessment and Prevention: Tying Evidence into Practice
Cathy Emmett, BSN, MSN

3D
Dignity Therapy Implementation in a Community Hospice Setting
Lori Montross, PhD

3E
Isn’t It Time to Talk About It? An African-American Perspective on Holding onto Faith at the End of Life
Heidi L. Barham, M, Div

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

3G
Documenting Terminal Status: The LCDs and Beyond
Edward Martin, MD, MPH

3H
Using Lean Principles and Practices to Promote Comfort in 24 Hours
Theresa Countryman, RN, BSN, CHPN and Linda Simon

3I
Improving Hospice Access and Outreach to Underserved Chinese Americans
Jeanne Wun, Sally Adelus, Sandy Chen Stokes, RN, MSN, Monique Kuo, MD and Victoria J. Wild

3J
Blueprint For Perinatal Palliative Care: Organizational Strategies For Developing Your Community-Based Program
Suzanne Toce, MD and Lizabeth Sumner

3K
Reflections: An Oral History Project
Turner West, MPH, MTS

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

3M
The Art of Integration: Hospice and Palliative Care in Long-Term Care Settings
Carol Lovci, RN, BSN, MSN

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

4C
Honoring Wishes Across Settings of Care: POLST – Evidence, Advocacy and Innovation
James A. Mittelberger, MD, MPH and Susan Tolle, MD

4D
Psychosocial Documentation: Tips for Improvement in an Era of Increased Medicare Scrutiny
Russell Hilliard, PhD, LCSW, LCAT, MT-BC and Kevin Singer, RN, CHPN

4E
How Is it with Your Soul? Is Palliative Sedation an Ethical Intervention in the Case of Existential Suffering?
Jennifer Ballentine, MA

4F
Grief in Two Weeks?: Proposed Changes to DSM-V and Implications for Bereavement Care
Kristine A. Munholland, PhD, MSW

4G
Understanding the Medicare Hospice Benefit
Susan Balfour, RN

4H
FMEA - A Proactive Approach to Quality Improvement: Analyzing Risk in the Prescribing and Delivery of Controlled Substances
Michael Bolewitz, PharmD, MBA and Cathy Almon, BSN, RN, CPHQ

4I
Care Continuum Innovation through AIM (Advanced Illness Management)
James McGregor, Khue Nguyen, PharmD and Sharyl Kooyer, RN, BSN

4J
Transitions of Care for Children with Complex Medical Conditions: Tools for Enhancing Consistency Across Providers and Sites of Care
Suzanne Toce, MD

4K
QAPI for Hospice Volunteer Programs: Quit Assuming...Prove It!
Sandra L. Huster, BA

4L
Take My Hand: Helping Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities Who are at the End of Life
Lisa Kynvi, MA, MT-BC, LMHC

4M
Collaborating (Safely) Over the Internet
Natasha Beauchamp, MSc

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

6C
Medication Discontinuation Syndromes: Avoiding Increased Symptom Burden
Charles Wellman, MD, FAAHPM and J. Brandon Walters, MD

6D
The Palliative Care Psychiatry Program at The Institute for Palliative Medicine at San Diego Hospice
Scott Irwin, MD, PhD

6E
The Devil Isn't in the Details: Strategies for Divine Documentation of Spiritual Care
M. Bernadine Parks, MS, PCC-S

6F
Caminando Juntos - Walking Together. An Innovative and Culturally Sensitive Bereavement Program for Latino Children and Youth
Silvia Austerlic, MA

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

6H
Evaluation of End-of-Life Care at a Comprehensive Community Cancer Institute
David E. Cowall, MD

6I
Developing the Care Continuum in Your Community
Gwynn Sullivan, RN, MSN and Kathy Brandt, MS

6J
Hope, Healing and Humility in Action: Beyond Cultural Competence in Pediatric Palliative Care
Maureen Horgan, LICSW, ACHP-SW and Rev. Nayer Taheri, MASC

6K
Measuring Program Impact: The ACE Project - Advocating for Clinical Excellence - Transdisciplinary Palliative Care Education
Shirley Otis-Green, MSW, ACSW, LCSW, OSW-C

6L
Education of Hospice Aides
Catherine Sweeney, RN, CHPN

6M
We Honor Veterans
Miriam Morrison, BA, MA, CVA and Kathryn Smith, RN, MSN, CHPN

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

7J
Concurrent Care for Children: Section 2302 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Gwynn Sullivan, RN, MSN, Judi Lund Person, MPH and Sarah Friebert, MD

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.

7M
Interventions for Children and Adolescents During a Parent's Advanced Illness
Grace Christ, PhD, MA

3:00 PM-4:00 PM


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

8B
Non-Pharmacological Adjuncts: Supporting Dyspnea and Intractable Nausea by adding Clinical Reflexology and Aromatherapy to the Hospice Plan of Care
Valerie Hartman, RN, CHPN, CTRN

8C
Palliative Care Consultations Prior to Destination-Therapy Left Ventricular Assist Device Insertion
Holli Martinez, FNP-BC, ACHPN and Erin Davis, RN, BSN

8D
Challenges As Growing Edges: It Really Is About Us
Patricia Goodwin, ACSW, LCSW, ACHP-SW

8E
Picture Perfect Death: Meaning Making Through Narrative and Metaphor
Ronald King, DMin

8F
Bridging the Gap: Grief Support Across the Care Continuum
Thomas Dennis, MDiv, MAPC, LCPC and Susan Sheehan, LCSW, MPA

8G
Discharge from Hospice Care: Hospice Provider and Patient Considerations
Jennifer Kennedy, MA, BSN, RN

8H
The Promise and Evidence of Telehospice Interventions for Improving Communication and Clinical Outcomes
Debra Oliver, MSW, PhD, Elaine Wittenberg-Lyles, PhD and Deborah Randall, JD

8I
Developing Diagnosis-Specific Programming
Robin Stawasz, LMSW and Suzanne Scheib, RN, BSN, CHPN

8J
Our Story: A Parent's Perspective on Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Care
Dianne B. Gray, BS

8K
PREPARED: Preparing Residents for End-of-Life Plans and Respecting End-of-Life Decisions
Catherine McGregor, RN, MSN, FNS, C and Judy Citko, JD

8L
Breaking New Ground In Documentation Competency
Lisa Glavin

8M
Help More Patients in your Community - Improve the Effectiveness of Your Outreach and Admissions Teams
Robin Finkelstein, MBA

4:15 PM-5:15 PM


9A
Nurturing and Nurtured: Maintaining Professional Boundaries
Patrice Tadel, MSN, RN and Robin Fiorelli, LCSW

9B
Benefits and Cautions of Methadone Use
Glenn Panzer, MD

9C
I Don't Remember How To Do This - Let Someone Else Do The Math
Bernard Fischer, RPh, CPh, FASCP

9D
A Different Kind of Wound Care: Healing Spiritual and Psychological Wounds
Bonnie Meyer, DMin, BCC and Sherri Weisenfluh, LCSW

9E
Belief and Grief: What is the Connection?
Jennifer Ballentine, MA

9F
The Complexities of Child Loss
Laura Larson, LCSW

9G
Animal Hospice: On the Rise and Growing!
Kathryn D. Marocchino, PhD, FT and Sharen Meyers, LCSW

9H
Tracking and Reducing Adverse Events
Liz Silva, MSPT

9I
Rules for the New Underground Railroad 2: Gaining Access to the Gatekeepers in the African-American Community
Katrina L. Walker, BSW, LSW

9J
Non-cognitive Therapies for Children to Ease Suffering at Life's End
David Steinhorn, MD, FAAP, FAHPM and Erin Mullaney, RN, MSN, PNP-BC

9K
Survey of Team Attitudes and Relationships (STAR) National Results
David Casarett, MD, MA

9L
Curtains and Walls: Grief Support for Hospice Professionals Coping with the Loss of their Own Family Member or close friend
Barb Kamlet, MA, NCC

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

11B
Medical Acupuncture: A Non-Pharmacologic Approach to Symptom Management at the End of Life
Kirksak Jay Poonkasem, MD, LMT

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

11I
Joining the House of Medicine: Developing Innovative Hospice Inpatient Programs in Acute Care Hospitals
Todd Cote, MD, FAAHPM, FAAFP and Deede Byrne

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

11:45 AM-12:45 PM


12A
Caregiving as a Rite of Passage: Maximizing Support, Honoring Transformation
Sharon Bigger, RN, CHPN

12B
Topical and Transdermal Therapies for Symptom Palliation: Utility, Limitations and Future Opportunities
Neal Slatkin, MD and Michelle Rhiner, RN-BC, MSN, GNP-BC, ACHPN, CCM

12B
What Every Social Worker and Chaplain Wants to Know about Pain Management but is Afraid to Ask
April Perry, APN, M.Ed

12C
Minding Your “P’s” and “Q’s” in End-of-life Wound Care: Palliation and Quality
Marilyn Graves, MSN, RN, CHPN

12D
Ethical Decision-Making for Hospice Social Workers
Steve Wilson, Ph.D., LCSW and Erin Baker-McCuan, MSW

12E
The Gift of Blessing: Sustenance and Challenge for the Soul
Martha Rutland, DMin and Jean Hopkins, MS, CT

12F
Grief in the Hispanic Culture
Voni De Almeida, LSW

12G
The 2010-2011 Top 10 Survey Deficiencies Cited by CMS
Jennifer Kennedy, MA, BSN, RN

12H
Preparing for Public Reporting: Approaches of Top Quality Leaders
Martha Tecca, MBA

12I
Becoming the Student: Dialogue with South Asian Doctors about Hospice's Natural Prevalance in Eastern Cultures
Varun Mehta

12J
Innovative Palliative Care Education in a Pediatric Hospital Setting
Tonja Kay Spencer, RN, BSN, CPN and Kathy Bradley, MSN, RN, CNOR

12K
Guiding the Way: The Journey of Patients with their End-of-life Doula
Deborah Geffen-Jones, AA, NCBF

12L
A Specialized Hospice Program's Interdisciplinary Approach to the ALS Patient in End-of-life Care
Susan Whitacre, RD, Riza Carter, RN and Janice Jester, RN