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Overview
During this set of CCU Education Days, participants explored key topics including how to transition patients to comfort care and provide ongoing support, the medications commonly associated with comfort care and their appropriate use, common documentation pitfalls and strategies to avoid them, and an overview of pediatric resources available both within the organization and throughout the community.
Competencies
ABMS/ACGME
- Patient care and procedural skills
- Medical knowledge
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICINE/NURSING COMPETENCIES
- Provide patient/person-centered care
- Employ evidence-based practice
INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE COMPETENCIES
- Roles/responsibilities
Intended Audience
This activity is designed to reach Nurses (RN, APRN), Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, and Social Workers.
Learning Objectives
Following this training the participant will be able to:
- Describe the process for transitioning patients to comfort care and outline appropriate care strategies.
- Identify medications commonly used in comfort care and explain their indications and considerations.
- Explain common documentation pitfalls and apply strategies to improve accuracy and compliance.
- Explore available pediatric resources within the organization and the broader community to support patient care.
Event Agenda
08:00 – 08:40
Comfort Care
Presenter: Jane Steffen
08:40 – 09:15
Legalities & Risk
Presenter: Jennifer Kooiman Mohr
09:15 – 09:30
Pharmacy
Topic: Comfort Care Medications
09:30 – 10:00
Leadership Updates & Teamwork
Presenter: John
Presenters & Planners – CCU Education Days
Bradee Aamodt-Osborne, BSN
Jane Steffen, APRN
Advanced Practice Registered NurseJessica Jones, PharmD
Doctor of PharmacyJennifer Kooimer Mohr, RN
Registered Nurse
Policy on Disclosure
It is the policy of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Interprofessional Continuing Education Partnership (ICEP) to identify, mitigate and disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* held by the speakers/presenters, authors, planners, and other persons who may influence the content of this accredited continuing education (CE). In addition, speakers, presenters, and authors must disclose any planned discussion of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation. For this accredited continuing education activity all relevant financial relationships have been mitigated and detailed disclosures are listed below.
Name | Role | Financial Relationship Disclosures | Discussion of Unlabeled/Unapproved uses of drugs/devices in presentation? |
| Bradee Aamodt-Osborne | Planner/Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Jane Steffen | Planner/Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Wendy Harney | Planner/Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Jennifer Kooimer Mohr | Planner/Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Shezad Baloch | Accreditation Specialist | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
*Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re‐selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on, patients. The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical services directly to patients to be ineligible companies.
Accreditation
Accreditation Statement
 | In support of improving patient care, the University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team |
Credit Designation Statements
American Medical Association (AMA)
The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.0 ANCC contact hours.
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this knowledge-based activity for a maximum of 2.0 hours (2.0 CEUs) of CPE credit. Credit can be earned by documented attendance and by successfully completing the activity evaluation. Credit will be provided to NABP CPE Monitor within 60 days after the activity completion.
JA0000358-9999-25-XX-L04-P - Total available Credits: - 0.0
JA0000358-9999-25-XXX-L05-P - Total available credits - 0.0
A0000358-9999-25-XX-L08-P - Total available Credits - 0.0
CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS
The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP, as a member of the University Professional & Continuing Education Association (UPCEA), authorizes this program for 0.20 continuing education units (CEUs) or 2.0 hours.