Having to give bad news to patients happens frequently in healthcare arenas and many times healthcare professionals have not received training and education on how to compassionately and competently deliver bad news. Research has demonstrated that educating and reeducating healthcare professionals how to deliver bad news using a tool decreases patient distress and improves healthcare professional confidence and empathetic response thereby creating a better encounter for everyone involved.
This course will focus on providing healthcare professional education on the available tools and frameworks available to deliver bad news and provide education on how to implement one of these tools when having to discuss difficult information with patients.
Virginia Ruth Corey, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, RN
Dr. Corey is a “Doctor of Nursing Practice “and a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. She has worked for many years in both public and private practice as a medical provider. Corey’s academic appointments include tenure as a full professor of nursing, Program Lead for the Practical Nursing Program at Daytona State College, Department Chair of Nursing at Seminole State College, Professor of the Certified Nurse Anesthetist Program at Adventist University of Health Sciences and, after moving to Nashville, TN. the Director of Nursing Academics at Marian University, and the Executive Director of the School of Nursing at Lipscomb University. Corey’s experience in nursing education includes development of educational online and on-ground nursing programs, professional development curriculum, and continuing education and online courses. Corey is the author of many clinical practice white papers utilizing the science of nursing research to build quality in healthcare programs for both patients and health care providers. She is a national honor society member of both the Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honors Society and the Golden Key Society. Her awards include the University of Central Florida’s Outstanding Student Award, the Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award at Daytona State College, the Florida Hospital Clinical Excellence in Research Award, and the Nova Southeastern Chancellor’s Outstanding Academic Award. She is currently the owner, CEO and President of Its A Calling Education LLC, a company that specializes in building nursing programs, nursing schools, healthcare curriculum and continuing education for healthcare professionals. She is the author of this Practical School of Nursing, the 3 R’s Nurse Refresher Course, and the Simulations vs. Case Studies Book.
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This author has disclosed that there are neither conflicts of interest nor commercial affiliation with this activity.
P. Gage Gwyn, Ph.D., APRN-BC, CNS, OCN, FCN
Priscilla "Gage" Gwyn is an adult oncology nurse practitioner at the Ambulatory Infusion Center at AdventHealth in Greater Orlando (formerly Florida Hospital). Dr. Gwyn received her Bachelor of Science in nursing from the SUNY Brockport College of Nursing in New York and her Master of Science in nursing with Adult Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist certificates from Duke University College of Nursing in Durham, North Carolina. She then received her PhD in Nursing from the Barry University, Division of Nursing, in Miami Shores, Florida. She has lectured on the care of patients with hematologic malignancies and has initiated, coordinated, and facilitated monthly support groups at several practice locations in Florida. She is nationally published and is a current member of the Oncology Nursing Society, Society of NeuroOncology, and Greater Orlando Hematology Oncology Physician Extenders.
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This author has disclosed that there are neither conflicts of interest nor commercial affiliation with this activity.
This course is not accredited.
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