Building Bridges at the End of Life:
Connection, Care, and Meaning
Friday, October 13, 2023 | 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM CT
FONDREN HALL AT ST. PAUL'S UMC
5501 MAIN ST.
HOUSTON, TX 77004
This activity provides 5.0 contact hours of nursing continuing professional development. Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
For 31 years, the Institute for Spirituality and Health has joined a host of collaborating organizations at the forefront of the exploration of the intersection of the nursing professions, spirituality, health, and healing. This year's conference focuses on the end of life, a time when the relationship between spirituality and health is often most apparent.
Program Objectives
To identify strategies for communicating with patients and families at end of life
To explore meaning at the end of life
To discuss approaches to end of life care across diverse faith traditions
To explore end of life communication tools, including but not limited to FICA
Collaborators:
Houston Methodist
Institute for Spirituality and Health
Lone Star College Montgomery
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Memorial Hermann
Prairie View A&M University
Texas Children's Hospital
Texas Woman’s University Nelda C. Stark College of Nursing
UTHealth Cizik School of Nursing
UTMB Health School of Nursing