Pediatric Palliative Care Training Series - Module 4: Pediatric Palliative Care - Childhood Development in Health and Illness

2 hours

The fourth in a series of ten pediatric palliative care modules, Childhood Development in Health and Illness provides in-depth exploration of childhood development and will help you understand children’s conceptual development with respect to their illnesses and respond in a developmentally appropriate manner.

In this module, children’s cognitive, emotional, social, cultural and spiritual development will be explored, and its application to pediatric palliative care will be demonstrated. Children’s and adolescents’ understanding of death and dying will be described, and implications for professional intervention with pediatric patients and their will be presented.

Objectives:

• Summarize cognitive, emotional, social, cultural and spiritual development in childhood and adolescence
• Articulate the importance of understanding child and adolescent development with respect to pediatric palliative care
• Describe children’s and adolescents’ concepts of serious illness
• Articulate the importance of understanding children’s and adolescents’ concepts of illness with respect to pediatric palliative care
• Describe children’s and adolescents’ understanding of death and dying
• Articulate the importance of understanding children’s and adolescents’ concepts of death and dying matters with respect to pediatric palliative care
• Describe how an understanding of childhood development in health and illness impacts pediatric palliative care planning and services

In order to complete this online course and obtain CE/CME credit, the participant must view the entire course, correctly answer all case studies and quiz questions and complete the evaluation.

You will have access to this course for 90 days from the date of purchase.

Subject Matter Expert: Paul Thayer DMin, Wheelock College, Boston MA. Dr. Thayer has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Course Release Date: 9/26/11

Course Expiration Date: 9/26/14

Counselor: NHPCO is recognized by the National Board of Certified Counselors, Inc. for continuing education for national Certified Counselors. NHPCO adheres to NBCC continuing Education Guidelines. This education activity is approved for 1.5 hours determined by the content, and counselors are awarded continuing education credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Nurse:  NHPCO is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

NHPCO designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 contact hours. Nurses should claim only the contact hours commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Accredited status by ANCC refers only to continuing nursing education and does not imply endorsement of any commercial product discussed in conjunction with this activity.

Physician: The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

NHPCO designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Social Worker: NHPCO is an approved provider of continuing education contact hours by the National Association of Social Workers (provider #886414158). This education activity is approved for 1.5 hours determined by the content, and social workers are awarded continuing education hours commensurate with the extent of their participation.

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