This course provides guidance to social workers on the unique aspects and ethical dimensions of assessing and providing spiritual support at the end of life.
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Course Type: Video, Audio
CE/CEU Offered: AK/1.25; AL/1.25; AR/1.25; ASWB ACE/1.25 Clinical; AZ/1.25; CA (CAADE)/1.0; CA (CADTP)/1.0; CA (CCAPP-EI)/1.0; CA/1.25; CE Broker/1.25 CE Broker #20-1100628; CO/1.25; CT (CCB)/1.0; CT/1.25; DC/1.25; DE/1.25; FL/1.25; GA (ADACBGA)/1.0; GA/1.25; HI/1.25; IA/1.25; IACET/0.1; ID/1.25; IL/1.25; IN/1.25; KS/1.25; KY/1.25; LA/1.25; MA/1.25; MD/1.25; ME/1.25; MI/1.25; MN/1.25; MO (MCB)/1.0; MO/1.25; MS/1.25; MT/1.25; NC/1.25; ND/1.25; NE/1.25; NH/1.25; NJ (ASWB ACE)/1.25; NJ/1.25; NM/1.25; NV/1.25; NY-Contact Hours/1.0 Self-Study; OH/1.25; OK (LPC/LMFT)/1.0; OK (OBLADC)/1.0; OK/1.25; OR/1.25; PA/1.25; RI/1.25; SC/1.25; SD/1.25; TN/1.25; TX/1.25; UT/1.25; VA/1.25; VT/1.25; WA/1.25; WI/1.25; WV/1.25; WY/1.25
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Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to describe spirituality, religion, and spiritual care in palliative care.
- After this course, participants will be able to apply skills in compassionate, ethical engagement in spiritual support with patients at the end of life.
- After this course, participants will be able to identify models of spiritual assessment and spiritual distress identification in palliative care.
- After this course, participants will be able to describe skills to maintain professional boundaries within the social work scope of practice through case discussion.
Course created on August 14, 2023
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction |
| 5-10 Minutes | Orienting Definitions |
| 10-15 Minutes | Spirituality and Health Standards |
| 15-20 Minutes | Spiritual Well-being, Needs, and Distress |
| 20-30 Minutes | Engagement |
| 30-35 Minutes | Ethics |
| 35-45 Minutes | Spiritual Assessment |
| 45-55 Minutes | Case Discussion |
| 55-62 Minutes | Summary, Q & A |
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Holly Nelson-Becker
PhD, MSW LCSW, ACSW
Dr. Holly Nelson-Becker is a Professor of Social Work, Social Gerontology, and End of Life at Brunel University London. She is a Visiting Scholar with Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work and a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America. Dr. Becker obtained a PhD from the University of Chicago and a MSW from Arizona State University. She is a Hartford Scholar for research on aging, resilience, and well-being. She co-created US national standards for improving spiritual care in palliative care and led the social work section for a three-year interdisciplinary palliative medicine program. Dr. Becker wrote Spirituality, Religion, and Aging: Illuminations for Therapeutic Practice (SAGE press, 2018) and has over 65 peer-reviewed publications. In addition, she has organized death cafes as part of her public engagement commitment to advancing conversations on dying and has taught many courses on loss, grief, and dying well.
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