Pediatric Palliative Care Training – Basic Pediatric Care Delivery

Basic Pediatric Care Delivery

This 1.5 CE hour, self-paced online course reviews common medical devices used in children with serious or life-limiting illness, and how to support patients and families using these technologies. It explores the use of feeding tubes, central lines, and respiratory devices in the home.

Why Take This Course?

Many children, teens, and young adults with serious or life-limiting illness have been using medical devices since birth. Some pediatric patients may outgrow the need for such devices, while others will remain dependent on them throughout their lives.

This course examines the use of medical technology such as feeding tubes, central lines, and respiratory devices in young patients with serious illness. It covers how to maintain these devices, and how to support patients and families in device management.

This course can be taken on its own or as part of the Certificate in Clinical Pediatric Palliative Care – 66 CEs

 Who Should Take This Course?

This course is for hospice or palliative care teams and individual clinicians – including RNs, NPs, APRNs, PAs, physicians – and other clinicians and therapists who want to be better equipped to care for pediatric patients and families.  

Course Information

Fast Facts

Begins:	Immediately upon registration
Is taught:	Completely online and is available 24/7
Offers:	1.5 Continuing Education Hours
Costs:	$49
Requires:	Computing skills sufficient to complete graduate work, access to a computer with an Internet connection
Is ideal for:	Nurse Practitioners, APRNS, RNs, PAs, physicians, and other clinical providers who want to build their skills in providing palliative care to pediatric patients and their families
Cancellation Policy:	There are no refunds on our self-paced courses

Course Description

By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

• Compare and contrast the differences in the use of medical devices in children versus adults in palliative and hospice care
• Understand the importance of learning from the parents how they have been taught to maintain devices and respecting parental preferences for device management
• Differentiate three common types of feeding tubes in children and distinguish the care issues involved with each type
• Identify key issues related to central line maintenance in children
• List three frequent concerns related to the care of common respiratory devices used in children
• Identify issues related to various medical devices at end of life
• Describe the importance of developing relationships with home device vendors/providers
• Formulate a medical device care plan with the family

STRATEGIC PARTNERS

The Institute’s Pediatric Palliative Care curriculum was developed by expert clinicians in pediatric palliative care from leading children’s hospitals and hospice programs, with support from:

• Children’s Hospice and Palliative Care Coalition/Coalition for Compassionate Care of California
• Providence TrinityCare Hospice and Trinity KidsCare

COURSE AUTHORS

Debra Lotstein, MD, MPH, Director of the Division of Comfort and Palliative Care at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Susan Montgomery, RN, BSN, MA, a medical writer whose clinical career as a registered nurse included caring for children and adults in both critical care and hospice. She is the former Director of Interdisciplinary Practice at Suncoast Hospice.

Course Information