Anticipatory Care Planning for District Nurses

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An interactive half day advanced clinical communication skills workshop for District Nurses. Particular focus will be on having effective Anticipatory Care and DNA-CPR conversations.

Participants will work in a small peer group on scenarios related to complex shared decision making and communication about ACP and DNACPR when a patient is deteriorating with one or more multiple advanced conditions.

This workshop is for NHS Lanarkshire staff only

Learning Outcomes

In this advanced clinical communication workshop participants will:

· Communicate sensitively and effectively with people and those close to them about serious illness, stopping treatment, deteriorating health and DNACPR

· Talk about Anticipatory Care Planning informed by an understanding of “what matters” to individual patients and families

· Respond to anger, distress, collusion and other complex emotions

· Manage people who have unrealistic expectations of treatment and outcomes

· Address communication challenges that arise when the person has impaired decision making capacity