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Planning for Community-Based Care: Getting Started
Presented By
Constance Dahlin, MSN, ANP-BC, ACHPN, FPCN, FAAN
Ms. Dahlin is Co-Director of the Palliative APRN Externship; Adjunct Associate Professor for the University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Pharmacy, PhD in Palliative Care, Master of Science, and Graduate Certificate; a Palliative Nurse Practitioner for Salem Hospital; and consultant to the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC). She serves as national ELNEC faculty and is a member of the American Hospital Association Circle of Life Committee, Massachusetts Comprehensive Cancer Coalition, the Network for Patient Centered Care, the Person Driven, Community Centered Network, and the Massachusetts Serious Illness Nursing Task Force.
Ms. Dahlin is a past member of the Massachusetts Quality of Life and Palliative Care Advisory Committee and past Co-chair of the Palliative Care Workgroup for the Massachusetts Comprehensive Cancer and Prevention Control Network. Ms. Dahlin served on the National Quality Forum’s Measure Applications Partnership Post-Acute Care/Long Term Care Workgroup, and Clinician Workgroup. She was editor of National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care 2nd and 3rd editions and referenced the 1st edition. She wrote the Hospice and Palliative APRN Professional Practice and the Guide Billing and Coding Primer for the Hospice and Palliative APRN. She is co-editor for Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing, now in its 2nd edition. She edited the Palliative Nursing Scope and Standards, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and authored the 6th edition. 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 an American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine 2018 Visionary in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. She has authored peer reviewed articles, chapters, and curricula as well as presented nationally and internationally.
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Courses
Course 1: Comprehensive Pain Assessment
Course 1 of 14
Conducting a comprehensive pain assessment to guide safe and effective treatment.
Course 2: Matching the Drug Class to the Pain
Course 2 of 14
Selecting a safe and appropriate analgesic for patients with serious illness based on the pain assessment.
Course 3: Patient Factors that Influence Prescribing Decisions
Course 3 of 14
Patient and family factors that influence prescribing decisions for patients with serious illness.
Course 4: Assessing Risk for Opioid Substance Use Disorder
Course 4 of 14
Integrating routine risk assessment for substance use disorder when considering or using opioid therapy.
Course 5: Opioid Trials: Determining Design, Efficacy, and Safety
Course 5 of 14
Designing a safe and effective opioid trial for the patient with serious illness.
Course 6: Prescribing An Opioid
Course 6 of 14
Safe and appropriate opioid prescribing for the opioid-naive patient with serious illness.
Course 7: Prescribing Short-Acting Opioids: Four Case Studies
Course 7 of 14
Four indications for using short-acting opioids.
Course 8: Monitoring for Opioid Efficacy, Side Effects, and Substance Use Disorder
Course 8 of 14
Ongoing evaluation of opioid benefits, risks, and side effects for the patient with serious illness.
Course 9: Converting from Short-Acting to Long-Acting Opioids
Course 9 of 14
Guidance on safe conversion to long-acting opioids for patients with serious illness.
Course 10: Prescribing Practice and Opioid Conversions
Course 10 of 14
Prescribing practice for long half-life opioids, converting from one opioid to another, and accounting for incomplete cross-tolerance.
Course 11: Advanced Conversions and Opioid Side Effects
Course 11 of 14
Changing the route of opioid delivery, rotating opioids, advanced opioid conversions, and tapering opioids.
Course 13: Managing Pain in Patients At Risk for Substance Use Disorder
Course 13 of 14
Pain management for patients with serious illness and high risk for substance use disorder, including risk assessment, monitoring, and when to refer for safe pain management.
Course 14: Pain Management: Putting it All Together
Course 14 of 14
Safe opioid prescribing for patients with serious illness, using the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) Guidelines for the Chronic Use of Opioid Analgesics.
Non-Opioid Chronic Pain Management
Course 1 of 4
Clinical training on the biological basis of chronic pain, building patient trust, and non-pharmacological and non-opioid treatments for managing chronic pain in patients with serious illness.
Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain
Course 2 of 4
Clinical training on prescribing an opioid trial for the management of a seriously ill patient's chronic pain.
Risk Mitigation Strategies for Opioid Prescribing
Course 3 of 4
Clinical training course on universal precautions to identify and assess opioid misuse, and prevent opioid use disorder (OUD) in patients with serious illness.
Treatment Strategies for Opioid Use Disorder
Course 4 of 4
Clinical training course for identifying and managing opioid use disorder (OUD) in patients with serious illness, and treating pain in seriously ill patients with OUD.
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.
Toolkit with billing and coding best practices for palliative care services delivered in the hospital or the community.
Includes 48 resources.
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 39 resources.
Tools to help health professionals improve health equity for all people living with serious illness.
Includes 50 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 98 resources.
Foundational knowledge for emerging nurse leaders.
Includes 36 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 26 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.