About Advance Directives

Course Code: REL-ALL-0-AAD

Hours: 0.5

Type: Online Course

Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2028

Learning Objectives:
Identify the most common types of advance directives and find out if a person has made them.
Explain how advance directives can improve quality of life, even at the end of life.

Outline:

Section 1: Introduction

About This Course

Learning Objectives

Section 2: What Are Advance Directives?

Advance Directives

Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA)

Know Your State Laws

Common Types of Advance Directives

Living Will

Living Wills: The Law

Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare

When Does a POA Apply?

Psychiatric Advance Directives

Do Not Resuscitate Order

National POLST

Organ Donation Directives

Making Advance Directives

Hard Conversations

Cultural Competence

Education

Review

Section 3: Conclusion

Course Summary

Course Contributor

Resources

Reference

Subject Matter Expert: Jennifer W. Burks, M.S.N., R.N.

Jennifer has over 30 years of clinical and teaching experience, and her areas of expertise are critical care and home health. She is certified as an OASIS Specialist- Clinical (COS-C) and is a Curriculum Designer in post-acute care for Relias. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from The University of Virginia in 1993 and her Master of Science in Nursing from The University of North Carolina, Greensboro in 1996. Her professional practice in education is guided by a philosophy borrowed from Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing, “I do not pretend to teach her how, I ask her to teach herself, and for this purpose, I venture to give her some hints.”

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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.