NHPCO's 13th Clinical Team Conference and Pediatric Intensive

Saturday, November 3, 2012

8:30 AM-5:00 PM


MDP
NHPCO's Hospice Manager Development Program Foundational Course
N. Joel Fry, MSW, LISW, Judith Skretny, M.A. and Jennifer Kennedy, MA, BSN, CHC, LNC

MDP
NHPCO's Hospice Manager Development Program Foundational Course
Claire B. Tehan, MA, Kay Mueggenburg, PhD, MSN, RN and Jennifer Kennedy, MA, BSN, CHC, LNC

9:00 AM-5:00 PM


PC01
Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Care Training
Sarah Friebert, MD, Mary Kay Tyler, RN, CNP, CHPPN, Kathleen Davis, PhD, MSed and Pamela Mange, RN, CHPN, CHPPN

1:30 PM-4:30 PM


PC02
Advanced Pain Management
Russell Portenoy, MD

Sunday, November 4, 2012

8:30 AM-5:00 PM


MDP
NHPCO's Hospice Manager Development Program Foundational Course
N. Joel Fry, MSW, LISW, Judith Skretny, M.A. and Jennifer Kennedy, MA, BSN, CHC, LNC

MDP
NHPCO's Hospice Manager Development Program Foundational Course
Claire B. Tehan, MA, Kay Mueggenburg, PhD, MSN, RN and Jennifer Kennedy, MA, BSN, CHC, LNC

9:00 AM-12:00 PM


PC04
Ethics for Hospice Managers (A Level I Module of the Hospice Manager Development Program)
Paul Longenecker, RN, MBA, PhD

PC05
Documentation Strategies for the Hospice Interdisciplinary Team
Jennifer Kennedy, MA, BSN, CHC, LNC and Russell Hilliard, PhD, LCSW, LCAT, MT-BC, CHRC

9:00 AM-5:00 PM


PC01
Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Care Training
Sarah Friebert, MD, Mary Kay Tyler, RN, CNP, CHPPN, Kathleen Davis, PhD, MSed and Pamela Mange, RN, CHPN, CHPPN

PC03
Creating Excellence in Spiritual Care
Carla Cheatham, MDiv, PhD, TRT, Assoc, Rodney Bolejack, DMin and Danny Mack, MDiv

1:30 PM-4:30 PM


PC06
Hospice GIP and Continuous Care: Getting It Right!
Judi Lund Person, MPH, Joan Teno, MD, MS, Carol Spence, PhD and Jennifer Kennedy, MA, BSN, CHC, LNC

PC07
Improving Late Stage Disease Management and End-of-Life Care by Understanding the Emerging Diagnosis of Geriatric Frailty Syndrome
Suzi Johnson, MPH, RN and Daniel Hoefer, MD

PC08
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Intractable Suffering
Tom Beason, MDiv, Gwendolyn Burk, MSW, LCSW, CHA and Holly Russell, RN, BSN

5:30 PM-6:15 PM


Conference Orientation

6:30 PM-7:30 PM


Flutterby Evening Event with Andrea Kay

Monday, November 5, 2012

7:00 AM-5:00 PM


Reflection Room/Labyrinth Open

8:30 AM-10:00 AM


Opening Plenary with Therese Rando: Identifying and Treating Tramatic Stress at the End of Life

10:00 AM-10:30 AM


Book Signing with Therese Rando

10:15 AM-11:45 AM


2A
Emotional Intelligence for the IDT
Joy Berger, FT, DMA, BCC, MT-BC

2B
Advanced Pain Management
Russell Portenoy, MD

2C
Orchestrating Care:Providing Hospice Services to Patients with Complex Care Needs
Leslie Szasz, RN and Janis Tucci

2D
Hospice Social Workers and Life Review Interventions: Results of a National Survey
Ellen Csikai, LCSW, MPH, PhD and Sherri Weisenfluh, LCSW

2E
Key Documents Informing Spiritual Care in Hospice and Palliative Care
Bonnie Meyer, DMin, BCC

2F
Taking It Deeper: Bridging Research and Practice in a Hospice Bereavement Program
Rex Allen, MA, Diane Snyder Cowan, MA, Mt-BC, Robin Fiorelli, LCSW, Terri Ray, MA, NCC, LPCS and Brenda Kenyon, LCSW

2G
The 2011-2012 Top 10 Survey Deficiencies Cited by CMS
Jennifer Kennedy, MA, BSN, CHC, LNC and Annette Kiser, MSN, RN, NE-BC

2H
Raising the Bar (But First You Have to Find It)
Roseanne Berry, MSN, RN and Deborah Kocsis, CHC

2I
The Future of Palliative Medicine as a Transitional Care Model
Robert Parker, RN, MSN, Ed., CHPN, Claudia Chaperon, PhD, APRN, GNP-BC, Marlene Z. Cohen, PhD, RN, FAAN and Marcia Merboth, MSN, APRN, GNP-BC, ANP-BC, CNS-BC

2J
Moral Distress at the Bedside: Caring for Severely Disabled Children
Kristin Meade, MD and Sarah Friebert, MD

2K
What Will Your Life Review Say About You?: Creating Quality of Life Now
Sarah McKinnon, MA

2L
Using Play Therapy Interventions With Grieving and Chronically Ill Children
Melissa C. Connolly, MSW, LICSW, RPT and Natalie Kinsky, BA, CCLS

10:15 AM-5:00 PM


Hospice Aides Drive-In (Must be Registered)

11:45 AM-12:30 PM


Complimentary Boxed Lunch

12:00 PM-1:15 PM


Discipline-Specific Networking Meetings by NCHPP

1:30 PM-2:30 PM


3A
MODEL TEAMS: A Vision and Foundation for Clinical Excellence
Tracey Wheatley, RN, CHPN and Andrea Lowrey, MSW, LSW

3B
Update in Management of Dyspnea in the Palliative Care Setting: Current Evidence and New Trends
Amy Abernethy, MD

3C
Delirium in Hospice Care: Recognition and Management, An interdisciplinary Approach
Deidra Woods, MD, FACP, CMD, FAAHPM

3D
I Don't Know Who He Is But I Know He Loves Me
Brian Bagley-Bonner, MDiv

3E
When Never Happens
Jeremy A. Hudson, MATS, BCC

3F
Understanding and Responding to the Six Clinical Dimension of Anticipatory Mourning
Therese Rando, PhD, BCETS, BCBT

3G
Your Crystal Ball Needs Polishing! How to Improve Your Prognostication Skills
Stephen Leedy, MD, FAAHPM

3H
Quality Reporting Update
Carol Spence, PhD

3I
Developing the Care Continuum in Your Community
Gwynn Sullivan, RN, MSN, Melinda Graham, MBA, Susan Lloyd, Lynn Hardy and Ann Marie Ackerman, BSN, MBA

3J
Using the D Word: Opportunities and Obstacles to Discussing Death with Children
Joanna Alana Lyman, MA, CCLS

3K
Music in the Care Setting: Helpful Hints for Team Use
Teresa K. Edingfield, MSA, MT-BC

3L
Perinatal Hospice: Connecting the Heart, Life and Spirit with the Perinatal Diagnosis
Kathy Cromwell, CT, MSW, LCSW

2:45 PM-3:45 PM


4A
Straight Talk: Dollars & Sense (Valuing the Softer Disciplines)
Pamela M. Barrett, ACSW, FACHE

4B
MOPAT: A New Tool For Assessing Pain In Hospice Patients Who Can’t Self-Report
Joan Harrold, MD, MPH, FACP, FAAHPM, Deborah M. Bortle, MS, BSN, CHPN, Deborah McGuire, PhD, RN, FAAN, Karen Kaiser, PhD, RN, Karen Soeken, PhD and JoAnne Reifsnyder, PhD, ACHPN

4C
Nasal Cannula and Dry/Cracked Lips: Formulating Essential Oil Nasal Gels and Lip Balms as Adjunct Therapies
Lisa Browder, RA, ICA, CR

4D
Relieving Transcendent Suffering: The Value of Ethical Wills/Legacy Letters in Hospice and Palliative Care
Barry Baines, MD

4E
Sacred Moments in Team Meetings
Ronald King, DMin

4F
The Grieving Teen: Conflict Covered with A Constructed Coating Of Cool
Stephen Leedy, MD, FAAHPM and Philomena D'Sa

4G
Fraud and Abuse: What Does It Have to Do with Me?
Judi Lund Person, MPH

4H
Operational Benefits to Quality Improvement Benchmarking
Christie Franklin, RN, BA, CHCE and Jeanette Dove, RN, MA

4I
Innovation within the Hospice Benefit: Diagnostic Specific Programming and Other Opportunities
Robin Stawasz, LMSW

4J
The Use of Telehealth in Pediatric Palliative Care
Kirsten Childe, RN, BSN and Jo Dorhout, MA

4K
Patients Who Elect “Full Code” Resuscitation Status at the Time of Hospice Enrollment: Who are They?
Amanda Sommerfeldt, MD

4L
Implementation and Integration of Perinatal, Neonatal and Pediatric Palliative Care to Promote Policy Changes, Improve Clinical Practice and Educate Nurses
Joetta Wallace, MSN, RN and Karen Contreras, MSN, RN

4:15 PM-5:00 PM


Memorial Service

5:00 PM-7:00 PM


Welcome Reception with the Exhibitors

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

7:00 AM-5:00 PM


Reflection Room/Labyrinth Open

8:30 AM-10:00 AM


General Plenary II with Ira Byock and J. Donald Schumacher: Hospice and Palliative Care - Simply the Best!

10:00 AM-10:30 AM


Book Signing with Ira Byock

10:00 AM-11:00 AM


Networking BREAK with the Exhibitors

Poster Sessions with Faculty Discussion

10:15 AM-5:00 PM


Hospice Aides Drive-In (Must be Registered)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM


6A
The Power of Accountability
Sarah McKinnon, MA

6B
CANCELLED --To Cease or Not to Cease, That is the Question --CANCELLED
Cheryl Lahey, PharmD

6C
Differentiating Dementias: A Key to Communication
Lena Smith, Ph.D.

6D
Dealing With Issues of Suicide
Sandra Hebley, RN, ADN, BA, LMSW

6E
Preparing to Serve: Mindfulness Practices for End-of-Life Care
Marian Ellen Green, LCSW

6F
Reiki and Bereavement: A New Program Model
Eva Pendleton, MA, LMT and Nancy Marsh, LCSW-R

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

6H
DREAM Team: An Approach to a Comprehensive Clinical QAPI Program
Ann Marie Ackerman, BSN, MBA

6I
Assessing Now for the Future: How To Ensure Your Hospice Will Be At and Not under the Table
Dawn Louise May Jelley, RN, CHPN and Claudia Baker, RN, BS, WCC, HCS-D

6J
Ethical Dilemmas in Providing Pediatric Palliative Care to Teens
Kelly Komatz, MD, MPH and Alissa Swota, PhD

6K
Fostering Exceptional Team Performance through Best Practice Care Steps
Judy Bergstrom, BSN, RN, MS and Helen Stellrecht, LCSW, MSW, MPH

6L
Superheroes, Comic Books and Video Games: The New Cultural Competence in Pediatric Palliative Care
Orley Bills III, LCSW

12:00 PM-1:00 PM


Pediatrics Networking Meeting(All Welcome)

1:15 PM-2:45 PM


7A
Reclaiming Team Meetings
Linda Freda, RN, MSN, CHPN and Michael Caroline

7B
When Morphine, Lorazepam and Atropine are STILL not the Right Answers
Joan Harrold, MD, MPH, FACP, FAAHPM

7C
Pediatric Hospice Care for the Non-Pediatrician
Dianne Knight, MD

7D
Providing Quality Hospice Care in Challenging Situations: Keeping Patients, Families and Staff Safe
Sara Williams McGill, LCSW and Brenda Jean Martin, RN, HCRM

7E
Spiritual Care for Patients with Dementia
Carla Cheatham, MDiv, PhD, TRT, Assoc and Linda Tavel, MD, MBA, FAAHPM

7F
Use of Labyrinths in Hospice Bereavement Care
Barbara Bouton, MA, FT, Rebecca Rodriguez and Jane Marie Young, MA

7G
Scrutinize Your Clinical Documentation Before Someone Else Does
Annette Kiser, MSN, RN, NE-BC and Jennifer Kennedy, MA, BSN, CHC, LNC

7H
Performance Measurement:The Basics of Quantitative Quality Measurement
Matthew Haskins, MPH, CPH

7I
A Journey of Integration: A Hospice and a Healthcare System Expand Palliative Care Across the Continuum
Linda Beushausen, RN, PhD, CHPCA and Melinda Graham, MBA

7J
Transdisciplinary Assessment and Management of Suffering in Pediatric Palliative Care
Barbara Draheim, MSN, PNP-BC, Janine Penfield Winters, MD, Lynn Pease, M, Div, BCC, Karen McHugh-Fornadel, CCLS and Jill Karnes, MS, MSW, LISW-S

7K
Digging Deeper: Ethical Challenges For Cardiac Patients and Boundaries of Self with Implanted Devices
Patrice Tadel, MSN, RN and Bonnie Meyer, DMin, BCC

7L
Pediatric Concurrent Care: Putting Theory into Practice
Devon C. Dabbs, Terri Warren, Stacy Orloff, Ed, D, LCSW, ACHP-SW, Holly Herring, MS, APRN, Samira Beckwith, LCSW, FACHE, Judi Lund Person, MPH, Sarah Friebert, MD and Gwynn Sullivan, RN, MSN

3:00 PM-4:00 PM


8A
Listening with an Open Heart: Exploring Forgotten Communication Tools
Karen Vrtunski, MSSA, LISW-S, ACHP-SW and Brian Bagley-Bonner, MDiv

8B
Addiction in End-of-Life Care: Challenges and Opportunities
Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD, BCPS, CPE and Russell Hilliard, PhD, LCSW, LCAT, MT-BC, CHRC

8C
Hospice Care of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
James Bomhard, MD

8D
Facilitating True Quality of Life: Counseling the Hospice Patient
Teri L. Collet, ACSW, LCSW, ACHP-SW

8E
Because We ARE About Living: Personal Renewal, Team Cohesion and Celebration of Purpose in Hospice Care through Haiku
Kevin Henry, MSW, MEd

8F
Bringing the Guidelines to Life: Actualizing the Basics of the NHPCO Guidelines for Bereavement Care in Hospice
Rex Allen, MA, Diane Snyder Cowan, MA, Mt-BC, Robin Fiorelli, LCSW, Brenda Kenyon, LCSW and Terri Ray, MA, NCC, LPCS

8G
Where Have All The Drugs Gone?
Phyllis Grauer, PharmD, CGP, CPE and Kyna Collier, RN, BSN, CHPN

8H
Kick Start Your QAPI Program With Four Tested Patient Care Indicators
John Thoma, BA

8I
Caring for Dying Young Moms with Kids: How We Can Do It Better
Ann M. Fitzsimons, BS, MBA

8J
Retention in the Acute Care Setting: Truth and Consequences
Margaret Farrar Laco, RN, MSN, CPNP and Sarah Friebert, MD

8K
Cameron’s Arc: A Tool to Get Your Team Talking About Caring for Dying Children
Richard Goldstein, MD and Blyth Lord

8L
Engaging and Educating a Mobile Workforce
Erika Tedesco, MA and Deborah May

4:15 PM-5:15 PM


9A
Interdisciplinary Excellence in End-of-Life Care
Jennifer Hale, RN, BS, CHPN

9B
50 Medication Tips at End of Life
Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD, BCPS, CPE

9C
Using Clinical Scales in End-of-Life Care
Eugenia Smither, RN, BS, CHC, CHE, CHP and Amy Quinn, RN, BSN, CHPN

9D
Not When They're Dying! A Hidden Problem of Elder Abuse at the End of Life
Karen Vrtunski, MSSA, LISW-S, ACHP-SW

9E
Masks of Grief in Hospice Care: DoTthey Help or Hinder Us?
Barb Kamlet, MA, NCC

9F
Grieving on the Internet: Utilizing Web Memorials to Increase Supportive Tools
Sarah L. McAllister, MSW

9G
Live Discharges: Understanding the Regulatory Requirements and Implications
Charlene Ross, MSN, MBA, RN and Roseanne Berry, MSN, RN

9H
Benchmarks for Hospice Volunteer Programs: How Does Your Program Measure Up?
Stacy Groff, MNM and Sandra Huster, BA

9I
We Honor Veterans: A National Awareness and Action Campaign
Gwynn Sullivan, RN, MSN and Rebecca Trout

9J
Walking the Pediatric Care Continuum: A New model for Pediatric Inpatient Palliative and Hospice Services
Horacio Zaglul, MD and Anne Monroe, MHA

9K
Does Storytelling Help or HInder? Military Experience Revisited
Vicki Costa, LCSW, ACHP-SW and John Carmody, MAT

9L
Collaborating on Cultural Considerations
Erika Tedesco, MA and Deborah May

5:30 PM-8:00 PM


FHSSA's "It's About How We Partner" Event

8:00 PM-10:00 PM


HAN Election Party 2012

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

7:30 AM-11:30 AM


Reflection Room/Labyrinth Open

8:15 AM-9:45 AM


Closing Plenary with Kathy Dempsey: Shred or You're Dead: How to Stay Alive and Thrive in the Midst of Turbulent Healthcare Change

9:45 AM-10:15 AM


Book Signing with Kathy Dempsey

10:00 AM-11:00 AM


11A
Caring for Holocaust Survivors Near the End of Life
Barry Kinzbrunner, MD, FACP, FAAHPM

11B
Palliative Sedation: When, How and Why
Debra Nobbe, RN, MSN, CNS, ACHPN and Brian Bagley-Bonner, MDiv

11C
Comfort Touch: Complementary Care for the Hospice Patient
Mary Kathleen Rose, BA, RMT

11D
When a Twin Dies
Jacqueline Parker Hatch, BSW, MSW, LCSW

11E
Stories Interrupted: Weaving Creativity, the Sacred and Meaning at the End of Life
Brenda Kenyon, LCSW and Tony Pinto, MDiv, CT

11F
Empowering Bereaved Caregivers to Facilitate the Grief Process in Their Children
Holly Herring, MS, APRN

11G
Disease-specific Hospice Eligibility and Recertification Assessment and Documentation
Terri Maxwell, PhD, APRN

11H
Falling For You! Strategies to Strengthen a Falls Risk and Prevention Program
Vivian Dodge, RN, BSN, MBA

11I
Ethics in Action: Working in the Patient Narrative
Patrice Tadel, MSN, RN

11J
Integration of Bereavement Support in Pediatric Palliataive Care: Support Begins at Referral
Margaret Kuhnlein, LCSW and Scott Maurer, MD

11K
Cultivating the Lineage: Intermodal Teaching Strategies for Preceptor Training
Sharon Bigger, MA, RN, CHPN

11L
A Journey through Leadership: From Student to Middle Manager
Dora Hall, MSW, LCSW, ACHP-SW

11:15 AM-12:15 PM


12A
Using Appreciative Inquiry to Maximize Team Performance
Gwynn Sullivan, RN, MSN

12B
Medical Acupuncture: A Non-Pharmacologic Approach to Symptom Management at the End of Life
Kirksak Jay Poonkasem, MD, LMT

12C
Palliative Approach to Wound Care: Challenges and Solutions
Marygrace Lomboy, MSN, CRNP, ACHPN, CWCN

12D
Guided Imagery: Providing Comfort Caring and Support During Life's Final Journey
Gretchen Franklin, LISW-S and Dori Dalton, LISW-S

12E
From Hire to Retire: A Continuum for Hospice Education
Joy Berger, FT, DMA, BCC, MT-BC

12F
Healing through Art: A Case Study of Two Grieving Sisters
Jonathan L. Haag, LISW-S, ATR-BC

12G
To Pay or Not to Pay? That is the Question: Making Medication Related Determinations in Hospice
Terri Maxwell, PhD, APRN and Christine Simmers, PharmD

12H
NHPCO Staffing Guidelines: Implementation Methods and Strategies for Success
Regina Shannon Bodnar, RN, MS, MSN, CHPCA

12I
Hospital/Hospice Partnerships for Providing Inpatient Palliative Care
Robin Stawasz, LMSW and Mary Ann Starbuck

12J
Palliative Care Across the Age Continuum: Transitioning Children with Complex Chronic Medical Conditions into Adult Care
Britni Lookabaugh, MD and Sarah Friebert, MD

12K
"DNR:" The Word on the Street
Niki Koesel, MSN, ANP, ACHPN and Lana Riemann, MD, MPH

12L
The Future of Caring: Engaging the Next Generation of Healthcare Professionals
Patsy Abbott, RN, BSN, CHPN