Keynote: Care for the Whole Person: Improving Quality of Life Beyond Biopsychosocial Approaches to Palliative Care
Description
Casey Shillam, PhD, MSN, RN, is the Dean of the School of Nursing at the University of Portland. She was the founding Director of Western Washington University’s RN-BSN Nursing Program. Casey serves on the Health Policy Advisory Council for the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Washington, DC, and was selected for the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Leadership for Academic Nursing Program (LANP) and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellow program.
This opening session will set the stage for the conference by providing an overview of important aspects of palliative care outside of traditional medical approaches to care. Particular focus is placed on differentiating between religiosity and spirituality and the importance of supporting spiritual and cultural preferences in palliative care.
On completion of this session, participants should be able to:
1. Describe the impact of providing spiritual care on the biopsychosocial model of palliative care;
2. Distinguish between religiosity and spirituality;
3. Explore different dimensions of spiritual care in palliative care;
4. Develop a strategy for incorporating spiritual care into current practices.
Document Type
Streamed Video
Start Date
17-5-2019 9:00 AM
End Date
17-5-2019 9:30 AM
Location
Settlemyer Hall, Bellingham Technical College
Genre/Form
lectures
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Palliative treatment; Holistic medicine; Terminal care
Type
MovingImage
Rights
Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.
Language
English
Format
video/mp4
Keywords
Palliative care, Biopsychosocial Palliative Care, Whole person
Keynote: Care for the Whole Person: Improving Quality of Life Beyond Biopsychosocial Approaches to Palliative Care
Settlemyer Hall, Bellingham Technical College
Casey Shillam, PhD, MSN, RN, is the Dean of the School of Nursing at the University of Portland. She was the founding Director of Western Washington University’s RN-BSN Nursing Program. Casey serves on the Health Policy Advisory Council for the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Washington, DC, and was selected for the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Leadership for Academic Nursing Program (LANP) and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellow program.
This opening session will set the stage for the conference by providing an overview of important aspects of palliative care outside of traditional medical approaches to care. Particular focus is placed on differentiating between religiosity and spirituality and the importance of supporting spiritual and cultural preferences in palliative care.
On completion of this session, participants should be able to:
1. Describe the impact of providing spiritual care on the biopsychosocial model of palliative care;
2. Distinguish between religiosity and spirituality;
3. Explore different dimensions of spiritual care in palliative care;
4. Develop a strategy for incorporating spiritual care into current practices.