Utilizing Palliative Care and Navigating the Our Care Act

This presentation will help attendees understand palliative care and learn about the Our Care, Our Choice Act.

Speakers:  Jeannette Koijane, MPH and Hope Young, Kokua Mau

Learning Objectives:

  1. Define Palliative Care and who benefits from Palliative Care
  2. Define the distinctions of Palliative Care and Hospice and when referrals are appropriate
  3. Review the process for the Our Care Our Choice Act for medical aid in dying

CE Information:   1.5 hrs for CHES, 1.5 CPEUs for RD/RDN/DTR and/or 1.5 CNEs for Nurses.

This activity is co-sponsored with the University of Arizona’s College of Nursing CPE Unit for 1.5 contact hours. The University of Arizona Continuing Professional Education is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Continuing Nursing Education Group, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Registration link - https://moodle.publichealth.arizona.edu/course/view.php?id=296

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Mode of Delivery:
  • Online (self-paced)

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