The Whole Person Plan: A Tool to Guide APRNs in Palliative Care Discussions and Assessments
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Palliative care has an identity crisis – patients, families, and even healthcare professionals often have difficulty understanding exactly what it is and how it works. The result is that many who could benefit from palliative care never receive it.
This eBook introduces the Whole Person Plan, a new clinical tool APRNs can use to clearly describe palliative care to patients and families who need it, and to aid in ongoing assessment, discussion, and palliation of suffering in the face of serious illness.
The Whole Person Plan highlights the physical, social, emotional, and spiritual domains essential to effective whole person care, and the importance of future planning, which helps patients articulate and document healthcare decisions that align with their goals and values.
This tool was created by Kendra Deja, MSN, GNP-BC, ACPHN, LCSW, in collaboration with the CSU Institute for Palliative Care. The eBook includes a downloadable version of the Whole Person Plan, as well as a plethora of evidence-based resources that palliative care APRNs can use to assess and address suffering in each domain that comprises the whole person.
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In this eBook you’ll learn:
- How to use the Whole Person Plan to clearly and easily describe palliative care to patients and families who could benefit from it
- How to guide patients and families through the domains of whole person care – physical, emotional, social, and spiritual
- Evidence-based tools that can help further assess and explore potential suffering
- Talking points within each whole person domain that help patients and families articulate areas of suffering, and strategies APRNs can use to help palliate that suffering
Download this eBook if you are a:
- Nurse Practitioner
- APRN
- Registered Nurse
- Social worker
- Any member of a palliative care team
Check out these courses that provide powerful strategies for APRNs working with seriously ill patients!
Advanced Practice RN Certificate in Palliative Care
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Primary Palliative Care Skills
This is a comprehensive series of courses designed to provide foundational palliative care skills to any MD, PA, NP or other practitioner. Self-paced. 34 CEs or CMEs (full series); also available as individual courses.
RN Certificate in Palliative Care
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Post-MSW Certificate in Palliative Care
This course provides master’s prepared social workers with the knowledge and skills to be successful working in a transdisciplinary palliative care team. It provides strategies for getting out of the ‘subconscious,” giving intention to critical thinking, utilizing teaching and coaching to demonstrate leadership. Instructor-led. 144 CEs
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