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Palliative Care Chat Podcast

Listen to our latest podcasts! In the latest episode ofPalliative Care Chat, "Hospice and Palliative CareServices from the Veterans Affairs", Dr. ScottShreve describes the Veterans Affairs approach tohospice and palliative care.

Big Winners!

Join me in congratulating our book drawing winners:

From the National Hospice and Palliative CareOrganization's Interdisciplinary Conference 2018:Mike Freeze, RN, BSN, CHPNDirector of Clinical Services, Northern Illinois Hospice

From CAPC National Seminar 2018:Liane Chlus, Hospice and Palliative Care Inc.

Your faculty and students made an STELLARshowing at the AAHPM/HPNA AnnualAssembly! Business was hopping at ourexhibit as well! Check out all the cool thingswe did at the meeting below!

Dr. McPherson was excited to be a speakerat the Town Hall - here's what one participantsaid in their evaluation about this session -

“The speakers on the panel were the best I’dheard from in the entire conference. Theirclinical information was great but additionallybeing able to insert at times a bit of humorand humanness, made it pleasant to listen toand easier to learn from.”

Brag Book

We always saw we have the MOSTamazing faculty and students in theuniverse.

Read on to see where they've spoken, whatthey've published, and what they're doing.

Delia Chiaramonte MD (PALC 606 - Class of 2019)Chiaramonte D, Kaiser A, McMath G, Simonell CB, Regine WF, Berman, B.Integrative wellness for patients receiving proton therapy: A patient-centeredcollaboration. J Altern Complement Med; 24(Sept.):1012-101.doi.org/10.1089/acm.2018.0172

Tara Coles, MD, FACEP (Class of 2020)Cole T, Rao A, Groninger H. The role of palliative care in complex-decision makingrelating to reversal of advanced cardiac support technology: A case report onpatient-driven permanent LVAD decommissioning. Oral presentation atAAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly; Mar. 2019; Orlando, FL.

Patrick Coyne, MSN, ACHPN, ACNS-BC, FAAN, FPCN (PALC 615)Semmens S, Higgins E, Coyne P. A treatment for refractory high ileostomy output.J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother; 2018. doi.10.1080/15360288.2018.1529011Dahlin C, Coyne P, Goldberg J, Vaughn L. Palliative care leadership. Journal ofPalliative Care. 2019: 34(1):21-28. https://doi.org/10.1177/0825859718791427Dahlin C, Coyne P. Health care delivery. In Concepts for Nursing Practice 3rdEdition. St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier; (in press).Dahlin C, Coyne P. Palliative nursing leadership essentials. Oral presentation atAAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly; Mar. 2019; Orlando, FL.Lentz J, Smith TJ, Coyne P, Head BA, Davenport SA. Bridging troubled waters:The palliative care doula model. Oral presentation at AAHPM/HPNA AnnualAssembly; Mar. 2019; Orlando, FL.

Constance Dahlin, MSN, ANP-BC, ACHPN, FPCN, FAAN (PALC 601)Dahlin C, Coyne P. Palliative nursing leadership essentials. Oral presentation atAAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly; Mar. 2019; Orlando, FL.Dahlin C, Wholihan D, Johnstone-Petty, M. Palliative APRN fellowship guidelines—A strategy for quality specialty practice: Report of the HPNA APRN FellowshipCouncil. Oral presentation at AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly; Mar. 2019; Orlando,FL.Seaman J, DeSanto-Madeya S, Fennimore L, Dahlin C. Innovative applications ofELNEC curriculum: 18 years equipping nurses to deliver palliative care in diversecare settings. Oral presentation at AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly; Mar. 2019;

Orlando, FL.Ersek M, Wholihan D, Wiencek C, Dahlin C. Specialty palliative APRN practicethrough state-of-the-art graduate education: Report of the HPNA graduate facultycouncil. Oral presentation at AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly; Mar. 2019; Orlando,FL.Roetall J, McPherson ML, Kamar M, Dahlin C. Critical conversations: Alternativesto opioids for managing pain in hospice and pallaitive care. Town Hall meeting atAAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly; Mar. 2019; Orlando, FL.

Paul L. DeSandre, DO (PALC 607)DeSandre P, Kuntz J. Walking the tightrope: Palliative care and organ donation.Oral presentation at AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly; Mar. 2019; Orlando, FL.Zarrabi AJ, DeSandre PL. Interdisciplinary team training at the art museum:Breaking down hierarchy and building resilience. Oral presentation atAAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly; Mar. 2019; Orlando, FL.

Sara Edwards, MD (Class of 2019)Sreedharan R, Edwards S, Puntillo K. New insights, new outlook, new approachesto palliative care. Oral presentation at Society of Critical Care Medicine; Feb.,2018; San Antonio, TX.

Jessica Geiger-Hayes, PharmD, BCPS, CPE (Class of 2019)Lookabaugh B, Geiger-Hayes J, Yahner J, Ungar WH, Murph A. The untold storyof the opioid crisis: An interdisciplinary approach to patients with life-limitingcomplications of opioid addiction. Oral presentation at AAHPM/HPNA AnnualAssembly; Mar. 2019; Orlando, FL.

Khaliah Johnson, MD (PALC 607)Johnson K, Hutton N, Bower KA, Tiso M, Person JL. Pediatric concurrent care:Where are we today? Oral presentation at AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly; Mar.2019; Orlando, FL.

Joanne Kuntz, MD, FACEP, FAAHPM (PALC 607)DeSandre P, Kuntz J. Walking the tightrope: Palliative care and organ donation.Oral presentation at AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly; Mar. 2019; Orlando, FL.

Kasey Malotte, PharmD, BCPS (PALC 611)Malotte K. The negotiation: Managing the opioid tapering process. Oralpresentation at: California Society of Health-System Pharmacists (CSHP) AnnualSeminar; Oct., 2018; San Diego, CA.

Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD, MA, MDE, BCPS (PALC 601, 602, 605, 607, 612, 615, 617)McPherson ML, Walker KA, Davis MP, et al. Safe and appropriate Use ofmethadone in hospice and palliative care: Expert consensus white paper. J PainSymptom Manage. 2019;57(3):635-645.e4.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.12.001.McPherson ML, Walker KA, Vanston, VJ, Kutner JS, Prommer, E, McFarlin J.Deprescribing by the specialists: Best practices in drug therapy in serious illness.Oral presentation at AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly; Mar. 2019; Orlando, FL.McPherson ML, Walker KA. Speed dating with the pharmacy ladies. Oralpresentation at AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly; Mar. 2019; Orlando, FL.McPherson ML, Davis MP. Calculating conversations about opioid conversions:Not your mama’s equianalgesic chart! Oral presentation at AAHPM/HPNA AnnualAssembly; Mar. 2019; Orlando, FL.McPherson ML. New drugs and drug news: The 411 and implications forpalliative care. Oral presentation at AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly; Mar. 2019;Orlando, FL.Jones E, McPherson ML, Morgan J. Speed dating for kids 2.0. Oral presentationat AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly; Mar. 2019; Orlando, FL.Roetall J, McPherson ML, Kamar M, Dahlin C. Critical conversations: Alternativesto opioids for managing pain in hospice and pallaitive care. Town Hall meeting atAAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly; Mar. 2019; Orlando, FL.

Laura Tycon Moreines, RN, MSN, FNP-BC, ACHPN (PALC 601)Kavalieratos D, Tycon L, Chen E, Dellon EP. Inviting ourselves to the party: Cysticfibrosis as a model for implementing palliative care practice, research, and policyin ‘New Diseases’. Oral presentation at AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly; Mar.2019; Orlando, FL.

Jill Morgan, PharmD, BCPS, BCPPS (School of Pharmacy Department Chair)Jones E, McPherson ML, Morgan J. Speed dating for kids 2.0. Oral presentationat AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly; Mar. 2019; Orlando, FL.

Michelle Pearce, PhD (PALC 606)

Vore R, Oxhandler H, Pearce M . (2019). CXMH. [podcast] CBT for Christians.Available at: https://cxmhpodcast.com/show-notes/2018/11/05/55-cbt-for-christians.

Kirstin Springmeyer, M.Div, PBCC (Class of 2020)Sawyer K, Springmeyer K, Casa J. What do you do when your best feelscompletely inadequate? A Nigerian child's unexpected admission to an Americanhospital. Poster presented at: American Academy of Pediatrics NationalConference 2018; Nov., 2018; Orlando, FL.

Donna Stevens, MHA (PALC 609)Gualtieri-Reed T, Stevens D. Straddling Fee-for-Service and Value-BasedPayment: Eight Ways to Keep Your Palliative Care Program Funded and Growing.Oral presentation at AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly; Mar. 2019; Orlando, FL.

Martha L. Twaddle, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, HMDC (PALC 612)Sullivan G, Ferrell BR, Twaddle ML. Clinical practice guidelines for qualitypalliative care: The 4th edition of the NCP guidelines. Oral presentation atAAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly; Mar. 2019; Orlando, FL.

Vincent Jay Vanston, MD, FAAHPM (PALC 605)McPherson ML, Walker KA, Vanston, VJ, Kutner JS, Prommer, E, McFarlin J.Deprescribing by the specialists: Best practices in drug therapy in serious illness.Oral presentation at AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly; Mar. 2019; Orlando, FL.

Kathryn Walker, PharmD, BCPS, CPE (PALC 610)McPherson ML, Walker KA, Davis MP, et al. Safe and appropriate Use ofmethadone in hospice and palliative care: Expert consensus white paper. J PainSymptom Manage. 2019;57(3):635-645.e4.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.12.001.McPherson ML, Walker KA, Vanston, VJ, Kutner JS, Prommer, E, McFarlin J.Deprescribing by the specialists: Best practices in drug therapy in serious illness.Oral presentation at AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly; Mar. 2019; Orlando, FL.McPherson ML, Walker KA. Speed dating with the pharmacy ladies. Oralpresentation at AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly; Mar. 2019; Orlando, FL.

Turner West, MTS, MPH (PALC 610)Driessen J, West T, Rodgers PE. Opportunities and implications of paymentreform for serious illness care. Oral presentation at AAHPM/HPNA AnnualAssembly; Mar. 2019; Orlando, FL.

Congratulations!Mary Bezak, BA (Class of 2020) got engaged.Delia Chiaramonte, MD (PALC 606 and Class of2020) moved to Gilchrist/Greater BaltimoreMedical Center as an Integrative/PalliativePhysician at GBMC and the Director ofIntegrative Medicine for Gilchrist where she willbe starting an Integrative Medicine program inthe cancer center.Marcia Levetown, MD, FAAHPM (PALC 613) hasjoined Amazing Place on their Health Professional Advisory Council. Her daughter,Lisa Blum recently got engaged and will soon graduate with a Masters of Sciencein Information Security Policy and Management (Cybersecurity Management) fromCarnegie Mellon.Susan Linzey, BSN, RN, CHPN (Class of 2021) welcomed her 10th grandchild onJan. 11. Hello William David Elwell.Suzanne Mitchell, MD, MS (Class of 2020) published an article in the Annals ofFamily Medicine with colleagues back in May. The article about the desire forcaring and human touch among patients and caregivers during care transitionswas picked up by the Washington Post. The work was funded by PCORI - calledProject ACHIEVE - the largest funded research on care transitions to date.Michelle Pearce, PhD (PALC 606) was interviewed for the article, "To Calm Down,Try 'Calming Up' Instead."Krissy Rooks, BSN (Class of 2020) accepted a new position with MorningstarChildren and Family Services as Nurse Manager. The facility houses up to 50children who are in the Georgia state custody and have been diagnosed with amental disability.

Cindy Scott, BSN, RN, OCN (Class of 2020) passed her CHPN exam in Dec. 2018.Alyson Thomas Yost, BSN (Class of 2020) successfully renewed her certification inMedical/Surgical Nursing (RN-BC) with the American Nursing Credentialing Center(ANCC) and adequately submitted and renewed her Hospice and Palliative CareNursing Certification (CHPN) through the Hospice and Palliative Care CredentialingCenter.

Samantha Hatfield, RN, PCCN (Classof 2021) recently took a pre-schoolgetaway trip to Cabo San Lucas withher boyfriend.

Sara Edwards, MD (Class of 2019)presented at the Society of CriticalCare Medicine this year in a CriticalCare Cross Talk: New Insights, NewOutlook, New Approaches toPalliative Care. She wasaccompanied by Kathleen Puntillo,RN, PhD, FAAN, FCCM, ProfessorEmeritus from UCSF and moderatedby Roshni Sreedharan, MD ProgramDirector, Critical Care Medicine andProfessor of Anesthesiology fromCleveland Clinic.

Susan Nelson, RPh, BPharm (Classof 2020) was part of a MARQUISstudy at the VA that looked at theimportance of medicationreconciliation upon hospitaladmission, they were the only LongTerm Care facility in the study thatlooked at high risk patients with

Cindy Scott, BSN, RN, OCN (Class of2020) was awarded the JoAnneGould scholarship through heremployer. JoAnne was the nursingmanager on the oncology floor formany years. She was diagnosed withovarian cancer and passed away acouple years ago at the age of 69.

multiple medications and multipleadmissions. A poster on theimportance of having a pharmacistdo the medication reconciliation forhigh risk patients was presented atthe Improvement and InnovativeSummit Convention. Although theydid not win, they were honored with acoin as part of our participation.

She was a phenomenal woman withthe most beautiful soul! Thegynecological surgical oncologist, Dr.Lim, started this scholarship after herpassing and this was the 2nd yearit's been awarded. She was an avidgardener and the award wasengraved into a garden steppingstone!

What our Students are Saying!

In PALC 612, Advanced DiseaseState Management, we werediscussing the importance of asking apatient “What’s one thing I can do foryou right now?” knowing full well itmight not be a medication. Dr. DeliaChiaramonte (PALC 606 and Class of2019) responded: “I asked that veryquestion a couple of weeks ago andthe elderly woman with widelymetastatic cancer said "I'd love a cupof coffee and a sweet." So I went to the

coffee shop and got her a coffee and a sweet. I think it was the most importantintervention that I offered any patient that whole day!”

Angela Hunner-Davis RN, BSN, WCC, DAPWCA (Class of 2019)....speakingabout their Joint Commission Palliative Care Accreditation..."It has been a lot ofhard work and my team did an amazing job...even with infection control andsymptom management! I also wanted you to know that this program has helpedme to be a better nurse, clinical director and hospice owner, so thank you for allthat you do and for inspiring us to do better for palliative and hospice patients!".

"The assignments and activities are thought provoking and require deepunderstanding to apply what we have learned. I can see that much thought andpreparation went into making these special. Thank you for this hard work andheart that you put into this preparation” - Anonymous

"After 8 years of enduring painful and swollen joints, handfuls of pills twice a day,radiofrequency ablations and more recently injections, severe MRSA, weightgain, muscle loss and skin cancers as complications of my treatment, myrheumatologist suggested not eating "nightshades" (tomatoes, eggplants, chilisof all sorts, bell peppers and white potatoes). The first 4 comprised a lot of mydiet. After stopping them, I feel dramatically better and am slowly peeling offmedications. Additionally, my husband has a severe soy allergy which causes avasculitic rash, Raynaud's/skin loss and is not reversed with steroids or benadryl.TIDBIT: Do not forget food sensitivities when unusual symptoms do not respondto usual treatments." - Marcia Levetown, MD (PALC 613)

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