November marks the observance of Hospice and Palliative Care Month, and Ohio’s Hospice affiliates are actively engaged in offering education about hospice and palliative care to other clinicians who care for those facing life-limiting illnesses. Continuing education credits are available for nurses and social workers on a variety of topics being presented by Ohio’s Hospice staff members.

This session’s topic is called “Conducting a Compassionate Advance Directive Conversation,” presented by Amy Mestemaker, MD, Medical Director, Ohio’s Hospice. As a result of this conference, the learner will be able to:

• Identify strategies for initiating a discussion regarding advance directives
• Compare and contrast advance directive options available in Ohio
• Discuss what will occur if no advance directives are in place

Where: Conference Room 1 & 2, Upper Valley Medical Center Physician Office Building, 3130 N. Co. Rd. 25A, Troy, OH 45373

When: November 14th @ 5:00 pm

Contact: Call 937.815.2848 or email gstokes@ohioshospice.org

CEU Info: 1.0 Contact Hours. This activity has been approved by the Ohio Board of Nursing through the OBN Approver at Northwest State Community College Division of Nursing (OBN-008-92-2102-082417). This activity has been approved by Ohio’s Hospice, Inc. an approved provider of continuing education by the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board. Provider Number RCS0709901. 1.0 Contact Hours will be awarded to the participant upon satisfactory completion of the activity. In order to receive CE certificate, participants must attend the entire presentation and complete a program evaluation. This program can also be applied toward annual educational requirements for nurses.