NHPCO’s 16th Clinical Team Conference and Pediatric Intensive

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

7:00 AM-9:00 AM

7:00 AM-6:00 PM

Registration, Events, Exhibitors and CTC Mobile App Desk

8:30 AM-5:00 PM

MDP

MDP NHPCO’s Hospice Manager Development Program’s Foundational Course (Day 1)
Kay Mueggenburg, PhD, MSN, RN, CHPN, Jennifer Kennedy, MA, BSN, RN, CHC and Turner West, MPH, MTS

9:00 AM-5:00 PM

PC01

Pediatric Palliative Care Training (Day 1)
Kelly Komatz, MD, MPH, Kathleen Davis, PhD, MSEd and Lizabeth Sumner, RN, BSN, MA, ORGL

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

7:00 AM-8:30 AM

Morning Refreshments

7:00 AM-6:00 PM

NCHPP Ribbon Desk

Registration, Events, Exhibitors and CTC Mobile App Desk

8:00 AM-5:30 PM

HPNA CHPN Certification Review Course
Carma Erickson Hurt, DNP, ACHPN and Bonnie Morgan, M.Ed, RN-BC, CHPN, FPCN

8:30 AM-5:00 PM

MDP

MDP - NHPCO’s Hospice Manager Development Program’s Foundational Course (Day 2)
Kay Mueggenburg, PhD, MSN, RN, CHPN and Turner West, MPH, MTS

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

PC04

Bereavement Primer - Developing a Quality and Compliant Hospice Bereavement Program
Robin Fiorelli, LCSW, Andy McNiel, MA and Brenda Kenyon, LCSW

PC06

Ethics for Hospice Managers (An MDP Level I Module)
Paul Longenecker, RN, MBA, PhD

9:00 AM-5:00 PM

PC01

Pediatric Palliative Care Training (Day 2)
Kelly Komatz, MD, MPH, Kathleen Davis, PhD, MSEd and Lizabeth Sumner, RN, BSN, MA, ORGL

PC03

Leading the Way to Community-Based Palliative Care Success
Helen McNeal, BBA, Karl E. Steinberg, MD, CMD, Kathleen Kerr, BA and Stacy Starkka, PhD(c), MBA, CT

10:30 AM-6:00 PM

Marketplace

1:30 PM-4:30 PM

PC08

General Inpatient Care: Challenges and Compliance
Annette Kiser, MSN, RN, NE-BC, Judi Lund Person, MPH and Patricia Gibbons, BSN, CHPN

PC09

Difficult Drug Therapy Decisions: When to Hold, When to Roll
Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD, BCPS, CPE

5:30 PM-7:00 PM

We Honor Veteran's 5th Year Anniversary Celebration (Hosted by Global Partners in Care)

Thursday, October 15, 2015

7:00 AM-8:30 AM

Morning Refreshments

Opening Entertainment with John Byron Haynie

7:00 AM-6:00 PM

Marketplace, Marketplace Shipping and DCP Audio Sales

NCHPP Ribbon Desk

Reflection Room

Registration, Events, Exhibitors and CTC Mobile App Desks

Take the Challenge: Building a Sustainable Business Model for Pediatric Hospice
Holly Davis, MS, APRN, Lizabeth Sumner, RN, BSN, MA, ORGL and Diane Parker, RN, MSN, NE-BC, CHPN, CHPPN

Palliative Care at Prestonwood Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
Alexander Peralta Jr., MD, Merritt Robinson, RNC, Vicente Flores, Th.M., Jacquelyn Kelley, MSW, ACSW, LCSW, CST-T, CT and Ann Scharff, RN, BSN, CHPN

Guided Imagery and Dream Processing: Providing Comfort Care and Support During Life's Final Journey
Gretchen Franklin, LISW-S

Identifying and Correcting Common Pain Management Errors
Ronald Crossno, MD, FAAHPM

Survey Readiness is a Culture, Not a Process
Jennifer Kennedy, MA, BSN, RN, CHC and Kimberly Skehan, RN, MSN

Using the NOMADS Protocol to Treat Flash Pulmonary Edema in Hospice Patients
April Perry, APN, MEd

"You Want Chips with that HAM Sandwich?"
Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD, BCPS, CPE

11:45 AM-12:45 PM

Complimentary Boxed Lunch

12:30 PM-1:00 PM

Book Signing with Mary Lynn McPherson

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Increasing Hospice Use Through Community Partnerships
Janelle Shearer, MA, BSN, CPHQ and Barry Baines, MD

Evaluation and Management of Refractory Pain in Pediatrics
Regina Okhuysen-Cawley, MD

The Aetna Comprehensive Supportive Care Program
Martha Twaddle, MD, FACP, FAAHPM and Joseph V. Agostini, MD

Intimacy at End of Life: A Conversation Worth Having with Terminal Patients and Caregivers
Annie Estvold, LCSW

Innovative Pain and Symptom Management Utilizing an Integrative Medical Model
Kirksak Jay Poonkasem, MD, FAAFP, LMT

Cultivating Hope at the End of Life: Challenges Faced by Hispanic Patients and Families
Alberto Magana, DMin

Key Vulnerabilities in Hospice
Judi Lund Person, MPH

The Good Funeral: Care Professionals Working Together toward Healing Rituals
Thomas G. Long, PhD

A Unique Model of Optimal Therapeutic Communication
Harvey Chochinov, OM, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FRSC, FCHAS

2:00 PM-4:30 PM

Regulatory Consultations

2:15 PM-3:45 PM

Grieving: Meeting the Needs of Patients and Families Before and After Death
Sandy Jones-McClintic, LCSW, ACHP-SW and Diane Snyder Cowan, MA, MT-BC, CHPCA

Leading the Way to Creating a Culture of Winning
Krystal Alvarado, RN, Bridget Montana, MSN, APRN, FPCN, MBA and Leila Malicoat, MA, BSN

Lessons Learned: Two Tales of EMR Implementation
Brian Jones, DHSc, CHPCA and Thomas Grimmer, MBA

Ambassador Volunteers Expand Your Marketing Team
Sandra Huster, BA and Melinda M. Graham, MBA

The Nurse and Hospice Aide Role in the Care of Veterans at the End of Life
Tracey Wheatley, RN, CHPN and Amanda Dunnem

Opioid Prescribing in Hospice and Palliative Care
Bernice Burkarth, MD, HMDC and Paul G. Mitchell, MD

Creating Conversations that Build Your Quality Culture
Lynn Wilson, MS and Kristy Morris, BSN, RN, CHPN

Volunteers in Spiritual Care: Barriers, Benefits and Best Practices
Carla Cheatham, MA, MDiv, PhD, TRT

Utilizing the Flipped Classroom: Expanding Educational Options for Today’s Hospice and Palliative Care Professionals
Cathy Emmett, PHD, ARNP, ACHPN

4:15 PM-5:00 PM

Memorial Service

5:00 PM-7:30 PM

Welcome Reception

Friday, October 16, 2015

7:00 AM-8:30 AM

Morning Refreshments with the Exhibitors

7:00 AM-1:15 PM

Network with the Exhibitors through Lunch

7:00 AM-2:00 PM

Events Desk

7:00 AM-5:00 PM

NCHPP Ribbon Desk

Reflection Room

Registration, Events, Exhibitors and CTC Mobile App Desks

8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Plenary II: Dignity and Insights into the Culture of Caring with Harvey M. Chochinov

10:00 AM-10:45 AM

Book Signing with Harvey Chochinov

10:00 AM-11:00 AM

Coffee Break with Exhibitors

10:00 AM-11:45 AM

Regulatory Consultations

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Reaching Diverse Communities: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Cozzie King

Heart to Hearts: Hand in Hand
Wendy Rice, RN, CPN and Eve deMontmollin, RN, CPN

Wounds at the End of Life
Alexander Peralta Jr., MD

Honoring Veterans: A Case Study of Program Implementation by a Community Based Hospice
Leasa Roach, GNP-BC, APN, ACHPN, Joshua L. McDonald, Andrea Sparks, RN and Cynthia Mullens, LVN

Managing Polypharmacy: Evidence-based Dissection of Pharmaceuticals
Joel Policzer, MD, FACP, FAAHPM

Ethical Approaches to Ensuring Patient and Family Directed Care
Sara Carlson, LICSW and Susan Dolph, LISW

Relatedness: Diagnoses and Conditions that are Related and Unrelated to the Terminal Prognosis
Joan Harrold, MD, MPH, FACP, FAAHPM

Raising the Bar on Spiritual Care: Getting the Team You Want and Patients Deserve
Carla Cheatham, MA, MDiv, PhD, TRT

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Pediatric Networking Meeting

12:00 PM-1:15 PM

Networking Lunch with Exhibitors

1:15 PM-2:30 PM

Clinical Practice Plenary A: Engaging Diverse Communities - A Study in Innovation with America Bracho

Clinical Practice Plenary B: Care Coordination for the Medically Complex Child: Palliative Care to the Rescue! with Sarah Friebert and Stephanie Allen

2:45 PM-3:45 PM

A Review of Latinos' Multiculturalism: How it Influences Death, Dying and Bereavement
Ana P. Bendaña, MST, BHSc, RN

Coping with Loss: Success and Failure of a Pediatric Interdisciplinary Team
Yelena Zatulovsky, LCAT, MT-BC, CCLS, GC-C, HPMT and Adam Schoenfarber, LMSW

Lessons from the Trenches: Transforming the Experience of People with Advanced Illness
Lori Attivissimo, MD and James D'Olimpio, MD, FACP, FAAHPM

Working with Families Who Challenge Us
Nancy Sherman, LICSW

Optimal Healing Environments in Hospice and Palliative Care
Bonnie Sakallaris, PhD, RN and Carla Cheatham, MA, MDiv, PhD, TRT

Compassion Fatigue: Retaining Your IDG Team
Melody Stried, MSW, LCSW and Dean Forman, MBA

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

4:00 PM-5:00 PM

Go in Peace: Using Film to Educate Caregivers about Soul Wounds of Veterans
Karen van Vuuren, KJvV

From Mandate to Action: Lessons Learned in the Implementation of Pediatric Concurrent Care
Khaliah Johnson, MD and Kimberly Bower, MD

“Hearing” What Matters Most: Using Technology to Enhance Quality and Provide True Patient-centered Care
Martha Twaddle, MD, FACP, FAAHPM and Tom Riley

Social Work Assessment Notes: An Outcomes Based Hospice Documentation System
Ellen Martin, PhD(c), RN, CPHQ and Angela Hansen, LCSW, ACHP-SW

Use of Simulation for IDT Training
Lorraine Dickey, MD, MBA, FAAP and Brenda Carroll, RN, MSN, CMSRN

Volunteer Training: You Have To Do It...Why Not Make It Fun?
Lori Showalter, CVA

Helping Clinicians Make the Connection Between Eligibility and Care Planning
Roseanne Berry and Charlene Ross, MSN, MBA, RN

Riding through Grief
Diane Snyder Cowan, MA, MT-BC, CHPCA

Regulatory Consultations

6:30 PM-9:30 PM

A Night at the Taj Mahal (Hosted by Global Partners in Care)

Saturday, October 17, 2015

7:00 AM-8:30 AM

Morning Refreshments

7:00 AM-12:15 PM

Reflection Room

7:30 AM-12:15 PM

Event Auction Item Pickup

Marketplace, Marketplace Shipping, Mobile App and DCP Audio Sales

NCHPP Ribbon Desk

Registration, CE/CME and CTC Mobile App Desks

8:30 AM-9:45 AM

Closing Plenary - Stop Global Whining with Christine Holton Cashen

10:00 AM-10:30 AM

Book Signing with Christine Holten Cashen

10:00 AM-11:00 AM

11A

Build Partnerships to Enhance Compassionate Care Globally
Gwynn Sullivan, RN, MSN and Cozzie King

11B

Community-Based Perinatal Palliative Care: Addressing the Biopsychosocial Needs of Families Facing Fetal or Infant Risk and/or Loss
Alyssa Gupton, LCSW and Lauren Zwetsch, MS, RN, PNP

11C

Are you Building a Bridge to Nowhere? Integrating Palliative Care with Home Health and Hospice
Robert Parker, RN, MSN, CHPN

11D

Enhancing Resilience through Self Care: Lessons from the Wisdom Traditions
Chris Hargrove, MSSW, LCSW

11E

Can Rituals Increase Compassion Satisfaction and Decrease Burnout in Hospice Staff and Volunteers?
Lori Montross Thomas, PhD

11F

Quick Study: A Program for Very Busy Lifelong Learners
Andrea Allen, MD, FAAFP, MHA, HPM and Deanna May, RN, CHPN

11G

Children and Grief 101: Helping Children Cope with Grief and Loss
Leslie Wood, LCSW

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

Regulatory Consultations

10:30 AM-12:15 PM

CE/CME Desk

11:15 AM-12:15 PM

Closing Reception