Hard Talks, Soft Skills: Leading Goals-of-Care Conversations with Confidence

Session Summary

Navigating goals-of-care conversations can be emotionally and ethically complex. This session offers practical strategies to lead effective family meetings, grounded in current evidence and communication best practices. Discussion focuses on how to structure these conversations and how to document them effectively to enhance communication among the care team. Case scenarios are presented for attendees to apply key principles to help support shared decision-making in serious illness and end-of-life care.

Objectives

Describe the essential components of effective family meetings in serious illness and end-of-life care.
Apply evidence-based practices to structure and lead effective family meetings.
Discuss best practices for documenting goals-of-care conversations to ensure clarity and continuity.

Topics Communication, Family-Centered Care

Role APRN, Staff

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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 1.00 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.