Nurses’ Advance Care Planning

Communication: An Investigation

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# Contact Hours: 0.5 CE Code GN 0706 Valid until 8/07

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your processing fee of $10 by check made out to Elsevier, PO Box 540, Ellicott City, MD 21041-0540.

Evaluation of the CE Activity

1. Listed below are the educational activity objectives. Please rate the extent to which you are now

able to meet each of the objectives: (With 1 as the lowest ranking and 5 as the highest)

Low High

a. Identify ways to assist the patient to articulate desires regarding medical

and end of life issues

1 2 3 4 5

b. Compare potential outcomes with and without advance planning 1 2 3 4 5

c. Describe the nurses’ role in advanced care planning 1 2 3 4 5

2. The objectives clearly relate to the purpose/goals of the activity. 1 2 3 4 5

3. The teaching method was appropriate and effective for the content presented. 1 2 3 4 5

4. The information presented was accurate, current, and at an appropriate level. 1 2 3 4 5

5. This activity met my personal professional expectations. 1 2 3 4 5

6. This content was relevant to my practice as a nurse. 1 2 3 4 5

7. Overall, I would rate this activity: 1 2 3 4 5

8. Minutes required to read the article and complete the questions______________________________

Circle the best answer for each question. Required minimum

passing score is 70%.

1. Advance directives are nationally mandated to be dis-cussed by health care organizations as a result of thea. Advance Caring Actb. Last Will and Testament Actc. Patient Self-Determination Actd. Power of Attorney Act

2. Advance care planning (ACP) is important becausea. individuals are living longer with chronic diseases.b. the palliative and end-of-life care movement has

promoted the concept of planning in advance.c. people can make their own decisions in ad-

vance of a crisis.d. All of the above.

3. Improving communication practices in ACP is im-portant for nursing becausea. the ANA Code of Ethics emphasizes patient

self-determination.b. nurses can enhance patient autonomy through

communication.c. communication with patients helps ensure that

patient desires are honored.

d. All of the above

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4. The findings of this study suggest thata. nurses’ communication practices reflect a

broader process of ACP.b. nurses focus only on documents.c. nurses do not elicit patient values.d. nurses do not communicate with families.

5. Nurses who had personally served as a surrogatedecision maker werea. more likely to initiate the topic of ACP with pa-

tients.b. less likely to initiate the topic of the directives.c. not comfortable discussing ACP.d. younger and less experienced

6. Initiating ACP communication in geriatric care isimportant becausea. patients are likely to present with disease tra-

jectories that can be anticipated.b. this is an easy issues to discuss.c. financial planning is part of geriatric nursing

practice.d. nurses should impose their values on pa-

tients.

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This continuing education activity for nurses is coprovided by Nurse Practitioner Alternatives, Inc., (NPA) and Elsevier. NPAI is an

approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Maryland Nurses Association, an approved approver by the American Nurses

Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. For questions regarding the content of this activity, contact info@npedu.com.

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