Hospice Breakout Session 1 (H1)

Wednesday, September 27, 2023  ~  9:45 - 10:45 a.m. (CDT)

1.2 CNEs

Description 

When it's time to consider hospice, many people are concerned that it means "giving up" on their person. It has also often been wrongly assumed that nutrition care stops when hospice begins. We will discuss how residents/patients/clients on hospice, and those at the end-of-life, can benefit from nutrition interventions, as well as when those benefits are likely to stop, by focusing on the stages of the dying process. The goal of this session is to help you learn how best to advocate for your residents/ patients/clients on hospice and at the end-of-life from a nutrition standpoint. While the focus of this presentation is on the long-term care side, practitioners working with people at the end of life in other realms will also find this information beneficial.

Target Audience

• Hospice RN’s, LPN’s, social workers, and administrators in hospice.

Speaker(s)

Cassandra Whitmore, RD, LMNT Consultant Dietitian/Speaker, Lincoln, NE Cassandra “Cassie” Whitmore, RD, LMNT has been a dietitian for more than 10 years. She received her bachelor's degrees in Public Health Nutrition and Dietetics from Kansas State University. After starting her career working in acute care and inpatient eating disorders in Kansas City, she moved on to management in a critical access hospital. Most of her career has been spent working in Long Term Care at various facilities throughout the state of Nebraska with notable experience in Hospice and Mental Healthcare. She also spent time as an Employee Wellness Dietitian. She is currently self-employed as a Consultant Dietitian and speaker. She now lives in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Continuing Education

Kansas Home Care & Hospice Association is approved as a provider of CNE by the Kansas State Board of Nursing. This course offering is approved for 1.2 contact hours applicable for APRN, RN, or LPN relicensure.  Kansas State Board of Nursing provider number:  LT0287-0314. 

Other disciplines will need to apply independently – a certificate of attendance for 1.0 CE hours will be provided.