Healthcare Disparities and Ethical Considerations at the End of Life

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

End-of-life care is challenging in the absence of advance directives and when patients lack the capacity to make their own decisions. Healthcare disparities further complicate the nurses' efforts to support the right to self-determination. This comprehensive, high-level review leads participants through interactive case-based exercises, with a focus on Black and LGBTQ+ patients, to demonstrate effective communication, with ethical and legal implications interwoven throughout.

Objectives

Analyze health care disparities that impact goals of care at the end of life.
Examine ethical and legal considerations prominent in end-of-life care situations.
Discuss implicit biases impacting goals of care discussions and patient management.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Successful Completion

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation to be awarded contact hours AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for {contactHours} contact hours.

Disclosures

Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content will be identified by the Nurse Planner within the activity. Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content has been mitigated.

Accreditation refers to recognition of continuing education only and does not imply AACN, ANCC, or CBRN approval or endorsement of any commercial products discussed or displayed in conjunction with this educational activity. Activities with pharmacology hours are to assist the APRN in fulfilling the pharmacotherapeutic education requirements for licensure and certification renewals.

Activities meet the standards for most states that require mandatory continuing education for license and/or certification renewal. AACN recommends consulting with your own state board of nursing or credentialing organization before submitting your certificate of completion.

Refund Policy

Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.