Target audience: Newly licensed registered nurses

For more information, contact Julie Racicot via email at julie.racicot@baystatehealth.org.

Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1| Examine personal values and professional obligations in relation to ethical issues that can arise in clinical practice.
2| Differentiate between hospice and palliative care.
3| Describe potential symptoms of moral distress.
4| Utilize available resources available for healthcare workers at Baystate Health. 
5| Access benefits offerings available as a Baystate Health employee.

Faculty

Peter DePergola, PhD, M.T.S.
Chief Ethics Officer & Senior Director of Clinical Ethics
Baystate Health

Janice Fruwirth, MSN, RN, CHPN
Nurse Coordinator, Division of Geriatrics & Palliative Care
Baystate Medical Center 

Rev. Ute Schmidt M. Ed.
Manager, Spiritual Services Department
Baystate Medical Center

Jenna Bishop, MS, PHR
Wellness & Worklife Program Manager
Baystate Health

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education (CE) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Any relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the educational activity.

None of the planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Baystate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Nurses
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.75 contact hour(s).
Nurses should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.