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Involving the inner circle: Emily Largent, Anne Rohlfing, Lynn Flint & Anne Kelly

GeriPal

Alex: And a voice that will be very familiar to our listeners, a dynamic and enthusiastic social worker in palliative care at the San Francisco VA, Anne Kelly. Emily: Looks like informed decision making around family involvement. Alex: And of course, Lynn Flint, who’s a palliative care physician at the San Francisco VA.

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Advance Care Planning Discussion: Susan Hickman, Sean Morrison, Rebecca Sudore, and Bob Arnold

GeriPal

But I do think POLST, which I conceptualize as an advance care planning tool, really sits in between those worlds of decisions that are relevant for the present versus the few future. Bob: I want to separate palliative care, which is a medical healthcare, nursing doctors, pharmacists, social workers from specialty palliative care.

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Jumpstarting Goals of Care Convos: Erin Kross, Bob Lee, and Ruth Engelberg

GeriPal

And so Ruth highlighted one of the features of this pragmatic trial that was different than the outpatient trial was that we didn’t need to consent patients and families for participation in this study. And so that’s how we were able to proceed with the study under this waiver of consent. Erin: Code status.

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Forensic Nursing and Domestic Violence – a brief introduction

The Nurse Break

1- Obtain informed consent – there are 3 parts to the consent, consent to medical care, consent to the forensic exam we have the power to do this under the criminal law forensic procedure act 1935 and consent to give the information and evidence collected to the police as part of their investigation.

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