Palliative Care
Overview
RPM 222 - Palliative care is specialized quality-of-life medical care for patients with a serious illness. Trainees will learn to assist the physician or nurse practitioner to alleviate symptoms and discomfort. Providing, emotional and practical support is a key part of the process. In this course, trainees will learn to use remote patient monitoring (RPM) to help monitor patients and promote comfort.
Learning Objective: Students will be able to work with clients who have Palliative Care needs and use RPM for monitoring. At the end of the badge, students will be able to do the following:
- Define Palliative Care
- List common illnesses that require Palliative Care needs
- Choose 4 main illnesses common to the elderly and describe palliative care needed
- Monitor a Palliative Care Patient with RPM
- Be able to educate a patient about their Palliative Care
- Evaluate a health chart of a patient with Palliative Care needs
- Be able to enter data into RPM for monitoring a patient with Palliative Care (with DPM)
- Evaluate DMP data of a patient with Palliative Care (at critical junctions)
Time Estimate:
3 hours
Course Content
LESSONS
1. Define Palliative Care
Lesson Content
Managing Symptoms, Pain, and Stress
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Pop Quiz: Managing Symptoms, Pain, and Stress
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Enhancing Quality of Life
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Pop Quiz: Enhancing Quality of Life
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Members of the Typical Palliative Care Health Team
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Pop Quiz: Members of the Typical Palliative Care Health Team
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2. Palliative Care Plan
Lesson Content
Cancer
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Pop Quiz: Cancer
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Heart Failure
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Pop Quiz: Heart Failure
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COPD
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Pop Quiz: COPD
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Parkinson’s Disease
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Pop Quiz: Parkinson’s Disease
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Alzheimer’s Disease
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Pop Quiz: Alzheimer’s Disease
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Kidney Failure
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Pop Quiz: Kidney Failure
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HIV/AIDS
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Pop Quiz: HIV/AIDS
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
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Pop Quiz: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
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3. Educating The Patient and Family
Lesson Content
Provide Emotional Support to the Patient and Family Members
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Pop Quiz: Provide Emotional Support to the Patient and Family Members
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Tips for Common Challenges
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Pop Quiz: Tips for Common Challenges
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4. Monitoring A Patient Who Needs Palliative Care
Lesson Content
Medication Management
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Pop Quiz: Medication Management
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Documentation with RPM
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Pop Quiz: Documentation with RPM
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5. Offering Emotional Support
Lesson Content
Empathy
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Pop Quiz: Empathy
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Active Listening
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Pop Quiz: Active Listening
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Offering Additional Resources
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Pop Quiz: Offering Additional Resources
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Avoiding Judgement and Criticism
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Pop Quiz: Avoiding Judgement and Criticism
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6. Other Symptoms To Monitors for Palliative Care
Lesson Content
Heart Health
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Pop Quiz: Heart Health
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Depression
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Pop Quiz: Depression
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Symptoms that Accompany Illness
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Pop Quiz: Symptoms that Accompany Illness
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Other Illnesses
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Pop Quiz: Other Illnesses
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7. Palliative Care Health Chart
Lesson Content
Evaluating a Health Chart of a Person for Palliative Care
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Pop Quiz: Evaluating a Health Chart of a Person for Palliative Care
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Analyze Generic RPM Printout Indicating Color-Coded Danger Zones
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Pop Quiz: Analyze Generic RPM Printout Indicating Color-Coded Danger Zones
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Assessment: Palliative Care
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