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What You Need to Know About Palliative Care

Palliative care is essential to quality care for individuals and families living with serious illness. However, many healthcare clinicians are confused about what palliative care is, how it differs from hospice, and when each is appropriate. 

In this short course, you will learn about the three different types of palliative care:

  • Primary Palliative Care
  • Specialist Palliative Care
  • Hospice Care

You will learn how to choose the type most appropriate for your patient, applying this information in a clinical case scenario question and recommendations about application in clinical care.

Course Content

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    What You Need to Know About Palliative Care

    • What You Need to Know About Palliative Care

    • Lecture: What You Need to Know About Palliative Care CC

    • Palliative Care Infographic

    • Case Scenario Question

    • Discussion: What are you doing in palliative care?

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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.