Event Detail


Series Title: Documentation in Depth

Session Title: Supportive Documentation for End-of-Life Care

Date: June 18, 2024 1:30 to 2:30 PM

Target Audience: Nursing staff, DONs, IDT

Presented By:

  • Eleisha Wilkes, RN, GERO-BC, RAC-CTA, RAC-CT, DNS-CT

Course Description:

In the delicate realm of end-of-life care within SNFs/NFs, the importance of supportive and empathetic documentation cannot be overstated. This presentation is crafted to assist healthcare professionals with the essential skills and knowledge needed to provide comprehensive and compassionate documentation during the final stages of life.

Learning Objectives

  1. Participants will acquire the skills to create thorough and compassionate documentation including care preferences, goals, and interventions specific to end-of-life scenarios.
  2. Participants will gain an understanding of the regulatory and ethical considerations associated with end-of-life care documentation.
  3. Participants will understand how to document the holistic aspects of care, including psychological and spiritual dimensions, to ensure a dignified and compassionate end-of-life experience for residents and their families.

Nurses:  The Kansas Healthcare Association is approved as a provider of continuing nursing education by the Kansas State Board of Nursing.  This offering is approved for 1.0 contact hour applicable for RN and LPN relicensure (KSBN LT0030-0338)

Administrators: This course is approved for 1.0 continuing education credit hours for Kansas licensed adult care home administrators by the Kansas Department Aging and Disability Services.  KDADS Health Occupations Credentialing sponsorship number LTS-A0001.

Operators:  This course offering is approved for 1.0 continuing education clock hour for the Kansas registered operators in the core area of Resident Care by the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services. KDADS Health Occupations Credentialing Approved Sponsorship number: LTS-A0001.

Social Workers: This course is approved for 1.0 hour of continuing education hours for Kansas licensed Social Workers by the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board.  Approval number: 17-006.

Dietitians: This course is approved for up to 1.0 continuing education clock hours for Kansas Licensed Dietitians by the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services. KDADs Health Occupations Credentialing Approved Sponsorship Number: LTS-A0002.

CE's will be provided to those that complete a registration and the follow up attendance verification form. Webinar log in information and dial in information will be provided prior to the webinar.