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Ethics for Long-Term Care

Healthcare providers face many ethical issues when an individual's wishes and the medical provider's goals for care are in conflict. Ethical dilemmas specific to long-term care may arise and become a source of stress for health care providers. This educational activity reviews how to recognize and apply ethical principles allows care givers to provide person centered solutions to ethical dilemmas that honors, and respects end-of-life wishes.


$15.00

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Learning Objectives

At the completion of this educational activity, the learner will be able to:

  1. Apply four (4) universal ethical principles.
  2. Prioritize the four (4) stages of the SFNO framework for problem solving.
  3. Identify three (3) healthcare documents that are important to have at the end-of-life.

Learning Outcome

At the completion of this educational activity, the learner will demonstrate knowledge about ethics for long-term care by passing a quiz with a score of 85% or greater accuracy.

Author

Don Gordon, BS, MDiv, DMin

Don is the founder and CEO of Christians Caring for Creation, Inc. and currently serves as Adjunct Professor of Religion at Lenoir-Rhyne University. Prior to that he served for 35 years in pastoral ministry in Virginia and North Carolina. He earned a Doctor of Ministry degree from Columbia Theological Seminary (PCUSA), a M.Div. from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Don has authored several books in the fields of church history, spiritual formation, and children’s religious education. He has served on the Board of Trustees for Campbell University in North Carolina and currently serves on the Board of Directors for Good Faith Media in Oklahoma. Don has spent countless hours offering spiritual care in hospitals, hospice care facilities, nursing homes and assisted living facilities with many people he knew well or not at all, including his
mother who lived for five years in such an environment

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