Free Educational Opportunity: End-of-Life Education for Critical Care Nurses

By: Amanda Weinberger, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master's of Science at Southern Connecticut State University

Purpose: The purpose of this educational program will be to educate critical care nurses about how to communicate more effectively with 1) the healthcare team during end-of-life situations and 2) the dying patient and the patient's family.

Benefits of attending this program: Critical care nurses may be better educated about effective ways to communicate with patients, families and other members of the healthcare team

Risks of attending this program: Having to attend this program outside of work hours on a day off, discussing past end-of-life situations may bring up painful memories.
Your participation in this program is completely voluntary and you may stop participating or withdraw from the program at any point without any consequence to you. All information provided by you during this program will be kept confidential and only the principal investigator will see your responses to the demographic form and pre/post tests.

This program has been reviewed by the Institutional Review Board of Southern Connecticut State University.
Date: Thursday March 3rd 2016
Place: Room 102 of the Nursing Building at Southern CT State University 501 Crescent Street New Haven, CT 06515
Time: 7-8:30 pm

Light refreshments and beverages will be served.
Please contact Amanda Weinberger to RSVP or with any questions or concerns at aweinberger15@gmail.com