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 “Compassion Fatigue/Vicarious Trauma (When Caring Hurts),” presented by Mark Curtis, APRN, Innovative Care Solutions. As a result of this conference, the learner will be able to:

• Identify the parts of the brain affected by trauma
• Identify signs and symptoms of compassion, fatigue and vicarious trauma
• Identify healthy coping strategies to prevent or decrease the negative effects of compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma

Where: Ohio’s Hospice of Dayton, Community Room, 324 Wilmington Ave., Dayton, OH 45420

When: November 8th @ 5 pm

Contact: Call 937.723.0903 or email rcline@ohioshospice.org or sbirdsall@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 RCS070901. In order to receive a CE certificate, participants must attend the entire presentation and complete a program evaluation.