Session Summary
When the prognosis for your patient with a brain injury is unclear, knowing what to say to the family can be a challenge. This session reviews the latest guidelines and evidence on neuroprognostication for moderate-to-severe TBI, intracerebral hemorrhage and postcardiac arrest coma. Learn practical timelines, tools and multimodal assessments to guide outcome prediction. We also discuss the emerging field of neuropalliative care and how this field can help frame tough conversations and support caregivers in combating moral distress when caring for neurologically injured patients.
Objectives
- Review timelines and key factors for neuroprognosis in TBI, ICH and postarrest coma per latest Neurocritical Care Guidelines.
- Analyze how neuro exams, imaging, EEG and SSEPs guide accurate, ethical prognostic assessments using a multimodal approach.
- Devise strategies to share prognostic uncertainty and support families via shared decision-making in neurocritical care settings.
Topics
Neurology, Family-Centered Care, Ethics
Population
Adult
Role
APRN, Staff
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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 1.25 contact hours.
Disclosure
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.