Palliative Medicine and End of Life Care: 2016 Update Including Related Topics in Neurology is an Eastern Caribbean Cruise Conference from Fort Lauderdale, FL.
Topics
- Gap Analysis – quality approach to practice improvement
- History of Palliative Care – setting the stage
- Advanced Care Directives/Advanced Care Protocols – prognostic uncertainty and tools for family and patient conversations
- Palliative Care and Hospice – relationship and differences
- Can the Patient Hear Me? – awareness, unresponsiveness and coma
- Mental State – delirium, MCI and dementia
- Stroke – follow-up and prognosis
- Pain Management and Palliative Care
- Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson’s in Palliative Care
- COPD, CHF, End Stage Renal Disease in Palliative Care
- End of Life Symptomology and Management
- Brain Death – what is it and diagnosis
- The Plan for Monday – changes for ease of practice and improvement in care
- Reimbursement and Coverage Strategies
Who should Attend
Physician Assistants, Physicians, Nurse Practitioners and Nurses.
