RMP Rounds | Wishes, Understanding and Communication Around Advanced Care Plans

RMP Rounds for Thursday February 18 2016
Speakers:
Dr. Stephen Lapinsky, Site Director, Intensive Care Unit, Mount Sinai Hospital
The Reverend Nola Crewe, Chaplain - ICU / NICU / Cardiac Arrest, Mount Sinai Hospital
Dr. Jennifer Bell MA, PhD, Bioethicist, Princess Margaret Cancer Center. Scientist, Department of Supportive Care Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto and Member, Joint Centre of Bioethics, University of Toronto
Suzanne Rowland, RN(EC), MN, CON(C), CHPCN(C) Nurse Practitioner, Princess Margaret Cancer Center
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the role of advanced care planning, and communication issues in cancer patients and family.
2. Understand the benefits and risks of family presence during procedures and resuscitation.
3. Have an approach to operationalizing family presence.
4. Be familiar with some local experiences with family presence during resuscitation.