Beebe Healthcare now a member of Center to Advance Palliative Care
Beebe Healthcare is now a member of the Center to Advance Palliative Care, and all of Beebe's staff have free access to essential tools, training and technical assistance for frontline clinicians.
Casey Walsh, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, DNPc, palliative care nurse practitioner, said this resource will open the doors for staff at Beebe to have evidence-based education and training in palliative care, which will ultimately improve patient outcomes. Palliative care is patient- and family-centered care that optimizes quality of life by anticipating, preventing and treating physical, intellectual, social, emotional and spiritual needs associated with serious or chronic disease(s).
Although palliative care has its origins in the hospice movement, its focus is on quality of life while patients face serious or chronic diseases and decisions surrounding their medical care. Today, hospitals are developing palliative care teams to provide compassionate inpatient treatment options. Patients continue to receive curative treatment with a stronger emphasis on quality of life with Beebe's Palliative Care Team.
Palliative care teams serve as the liaison among patients, care providers and families. Patients and healthcare teams report positive effects, including increased quality of life from palliative care services, in addition to reduced medical costs.
The Center to Advance Palliative Care provides:
•Highly interactive pain management and communication skills online training
•Designation status in pain management and communication skills
•Webinars and virtual office hours with CAPC faculty
•Moderated discussion forum
•More than 400 tools.
"Many of our clinicians treat seriously ill patients, so they will be able to get a lot out of this new resource," Walsh said. "We are hoping this continues the conversation of palliative care in our community and that our team members continue to learn more about all that palliative care offers."
For more information, contact Casey Walsh at 302-645-3100, Ext. 5138 or cwalsh@beebehealthcare.org.
