November marks the observance of Hospice and Palliative Care Month, and Ohio’s Hospice affiliates are actively engaged in offering education about hospice and palliative care to other clinicians who care for those facing life-limiting illnesses. Continuing education credits are available for nurses and social workers on a variety of topics being presented by Ohio’s Hospice staff members.

This session’s topic is called “Recognizing the Progression & Improving Outcomes in Heart Failure,” presented by Lynda Weide, MSN, RN, CHPN, Cardiac Focused Care Clinician. As a result of this conference, the learner will be able to:

• Identify the anticipated progression of heart failure
• Discuss the community resources available for the end-stage heart failure patient to promote readmission reduction

Where: Communitty Care Hospice, 1669 Rombach Ave. Wilmington Ohio 45277

When: November 1st @ 5 pm

Contact: Call Community Care Hospice at 937.382.5400 to learn more and register

CEU Info: 1.0 Contact Hours. This activity has been approved by the Ohio Board of Nursing through the OBN Approver at Northwest State Community College Division of Nursing (OBN-008-92-2102-082417). This activity has been approved by Ohio’s Hospice, Inc., an approved provider of continuing education by the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board. Provider Number RCS070901 1.0. Contact hours will be awarded to the participant upon satisfactory completion of the activity.