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CE Home > West Virginia Board of Nursing Requirements > 60139 End-of-Life Issues for Nursing Licensure in West Virginia
60139 ·2.0 hrs
End-of-Life Issues for Nursing Licensure in West Virginia

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Objectives

The goal of this program is to inform nurses of end-of-life issues, including pain management while allowing them to meet West Virginia’s mandatory continuing education requirement on end-of-life issues for RN relicensure.. After studying the information presented here, you will be able to —

  • Describe physical and psychosocial issues associated with dying patients.
  • Identify two cultural variations to dealing with the dying patient.
  • Describe two nursing interventions for grieving families.
  • Discuss the spiritual, emotional, psychosocial, physiological, and quality-of-life consequences of poorly managed pain. 
  • Describe the basic principles of pain management in the care of patients.