The Future of Palliative Medicine as a Transitional Care Model

Monday, November 5, 2012: 10:15 AM-11:45 AM
Primary Presenter:
Robert Parker, RN, MSN, Ed., CHPN
Co-presenters:
Claudia Chaperon, PhD, APRN, GNP-BC , Marlene Z. Cohen, PhD, RN, FAAN and Marcia Merboth, MSN, APRN, GNP-BC, ANP-BC, CNS-BC
Area of Emphasis: Palliative Care Continuum
Learning Objectives:
1. State definitions of palliative care
2. Discuss barriers to meeting transitional care needs
3. Describe research using evidence-based guidelines for palliative care practice
This workshop will focus on how a large for profit organization and a Midwest University College of nursing partnered to develop evidence-based practice outcomes.  Expert nursing leadership and nurse scientists developed a community-based transitional care model.  This model includes a GNP led interdisciplinary approach to palliative care across the patient’s continuum of care needs and care settings.
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