Learn how YOU can use palliative care in your own nursing practice!

What is Person-Centered Care?

Person-Centeredness is the first principle of primary palliative care, and it is essential to developing the trusting relationships that are a hallmark of effective palliative care.

In this course you will examine recommendations about person- and family-centered palliative care and keys to developing trusting, effective relationships. You will learn about the importance of dignity, and how to promote it in patient care, as well as ways to consistently cultivate an empathetic attitude towards patients and their families in providing primary palliative care.

Course Content

  • 1

    Course Introduction

    • Course Welcome CC

    • Course Introduction

  • 2

    Section 1: Person-Centered Care

    • Person-Centered Care

    • Lecture: Person-Centered Care CC

    • Case Scenario 1

    • Case Scenario Discussion

    • Resource: Reference 1. Dying In America Report (link)

  • 3

    Section 2: Developing Trusting, Effective Relationships

    • Developing Trusting, Effective Relationships

    • Lecture: Developing Trusting, Effective Nurse-Patient Relationships CC

    • Case Scenario 2

    • Resource: Reference 2. Watson’s Theory of Human Caring (link)

  • 4

    Section 3: Dignity-Promoting Care

    • Dignity-Promoting Care

    • Lecture: Dignity-Promoting Care CC

    • Video: ABCDs of Dignity in Care

    • Lecture: Dignity-Promoting Summary

    • Case Scenario 3

    • Resource: Reference 4. Dying, Dignity, and New Horizons in Palliative End-of-Life Care (link)

    • Resource: Dignity in Care (link)

    • Resource: Dignity in Care Diagram (download)

    • Resource: Reference 5. Why Attitudes Matter in Palliative Care (link)

  • 5

    Section 4: Cultivating Empathy in Our Care

    • Cultivating Empathy in Our Care

    • Lecture: Cultivating Empathy in Our Care CC

    • Case Scenario 4

    • Case Scenario Discussion Section 4

    • Resource: My Life, My Story (video link)

  • 6

    Summary

    • Course Summary CC

    • Course Summary Handout (download)

    • Course Reference List (download)

    • Resource: Ten Principles of Primary Palliative Care (download)

  • 7

    Course Evaluation

    • Course Evaluation (Required)

About the instructor

Course Faculty

Beth Fahlberg

Beth Fahlberg BS, MN, PhD, RN, CHPN, AGPCNP-BC is a thought leader, educator, author and entrepreneur in advancing palliative care for heart failure patients, and primary palliative care nursing.  With other 30 years in nursing and 20 years in education, Beth's teaching style is engaging, empathetic and evidence-based, drawing on both professional expertise and personal experiences as a family caregiver. Her course content translates current evidence into practical nursing recommendations, having the learner apply couse content to realistic clinical patient care scenarios. Beth is currently teaching Fundamentals of Online Teaching for Health Professionals through the University of Wisconsin-Madison.