CONFERENCE CHAIR

Judith Paice, PhD, RN Director Cancer Pain Program Northwestern Medicine Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University

On Thursday, June 20, 2019, the 14th Annual Pain and Palliative Care Conference will cover important information on how to provide care to patients with life-threatening illnesses and how to support caregivers.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Nurses, APRNs, physician assistants, physicians, social workers, chaplains, psychologists, and other healthcare professionals

TOPICS

• Palliative Care in Health Care
• Helping Families Adressing Serious Illness
• Methadone for Pain Control
• Special Issues for Adolescents and Young Adults with Serious Illness
• Care of the Patient in the Final Hours
• Spiritual and Cultural Issues in Palliative Care
• Self-Care When Caring for Those with Serious Illness
• Cannabis

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Describe past and future trends in the delivery of palliative care
• Integrate information regarding physical and emotional care for people with serious illnesses and their loved ones in a culturally sensitive manner
• Apply self-care techniques in our own practice to avoid burn-out or compassion fatigue.

CONTACT HOURS

This continuing nursing education activity has been submitted to the the Ohio Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (OBN-001-91), to provide continuing education credit for nurses. Additionally, this activity is being reviewed to provide continuing education credit to social workers and psychologists.

Please contact cancer@northwestern.edu for more information about contact hours.

Register today!

Visit cancer.northwestern.edu/pain for details.

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