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Community-Based Palliative Care Delivery
Presented By
Constance Dahlin, MSN, ANP-BC, ACHPN, FPCN, FAAN
Ms. Dahlin is an established consultant for CAPC with a focus on education and community-based palliative care program development initiatives. She serves as the nurse representative on CAPC’s clinical education committee, curriculum development committee, and various projects. She oversees nursing continuing education at CAPC.
Ms. Dahlin is Adjunct Associate Professor for the University of Maryland-Baltimore, Graduate Program in Palliative Care, Co-Director of the Palliative Care APP Externship and practices as a Palliative Nurse Practitioner for Salem Hospital. She is national ELNEC faculty and is a member of the American Hospital Association Circle of Life Committee, and the Massachusetts Comprehensive Cancer Coalition. She co-chairs the MA Network for Patient Centered Care, Community Centered Network.
She is co-editor of the Oxford Textbook Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing, 1st and 2nd editions. Her editorship includes the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care 2nd and 3rd editions. Her authorship includes the Hospice and Palliative APRN Professional Practice Guide and the Billing and Coding Primer for the Hospice and Palliative APRN and the Palliative Nursing Scope and Standards, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th editions. Ms. Dahlin served on the National Quality Forum’s Measure Applications Partnership Post-Acute Care/Long Term Care Workgroup, and Clinician Workgroup. She chaired the Palliative Care Workgroup of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Cancer Network.
Ms. Dahlin is a Fellow of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, and a 2016 recipient of a Cambia Health Foundation Sojourns Leadership Scholar Award. She was named a 2018 Visionary in Hospice and Palliative Medicine by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, and received the 2020 Distinguished Practice Award by the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association. She has presented nationally and internationally and authored numerous peer reviewed articles, chapters, and curricula.
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What NASEM’s recent nursing report means for the path to health equity, and strategies that palliative care teams can implement to facilitate change.
Courses
Introduction to Palliative Care in the Community
Defining community-based palliative care: which patients need it, how it is delivered, and how it differs from inpatient palliative care.
Needs Assessment: Ensuring Successful Community-Based Palliative Care
Evaluating patient need, service requirements, care settings, and stakeholder priorities for the community-based palliative care program.
Office-Based Palliative Care Program Design
Designing and implementing an office-based palliative care program, including clinical model and operational considerations.
A self-directed learning activity providing foundational concepts for building, growing, or redesigning palliative care programs in home, office, or long-term care settings.
Includes 24 resources.
Resources for improving team health and tools to help clinicians cope with moral distress, grief, and trauma.
Includes 38 resources.
Tools to help health professionals improve health equity for all people living with serious illness.
Includes 52 resources.
Practical tools and technical assistance for starting or growing a home-based palliative care program, from needs assessment to business planning, and more.
Includes 58 resources.
Foundational knowledge for emerging nurse leaders.
Includes 35 resources.
Use this toolkit to evaluate models and design and operate a long-term care palliative care program.
Includes 33 resources.
Tools and technical assistance for developing a palliative care program in a community clinic or office setting.
Includes 25 resources.
Tools to help payers, policymakers, and providers understand best practices for delivering quality care during a serious illness, and to identify certifications that demonstrate adherence to third-party quality standards.
Includes 33 resources.