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Exploring the Essential Features of “Tani Bahti – How Will I Die? Talking with Patients and Families about the Dying Process”
Speaker:Tani Bahti, RN, CT, CHPN
Duration:1 Hour 32 Minutes
Format:Audio and Video
Copyright:Jul 10, 2024
Description
How we talk about dying affects how our patients and families respond and accept the changes that can occur. Compassion, simplicity, and presence are key to helping them replace fears with understanding and acceptance. This talk examines the physical, psychosocial, and mysterious aspects that can occur and the impact on the patient and family. By effectively communicating this process, you will better help your families manage the changes and promote comfort.
Speaker
Tani Bahti, RN, CT, CHPN
Tani Bahti, RN, CT, CHPN, has spent most of her 40 years in nursing focused on improving end of life care. Recognizing how fear, misinformation, and lack of information can negatively impact decision-making and the dying experience, she has been committed to improving care through education. Certified in Thanatology, she is the writer and producer of the award-winning video, “Living Through Dying – The Struggle for Grace”, she is also producer of the Straight Talk Series on End-of-Life Care, which includes her book, Dying to Know – Straight Talk about Death & Dying. A frequent speaker locally and nationally to both professional and lay groups, she has developed clinical training programs for medical and nursing students. She is founder and executive director for Passages – Support & Education in End-of-Life Issues, the goal of which is to provide compassionate guidance in end-of-life issues through support, education & research.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Tani Bahti has employment relationships with Pathways and U of A College of Medicine. She receives royalties as a published author. Tani Bahti receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Tani Bahti has no relevant non-financial relationships.
Target Audience
- Nurses
- NPs
- PAs
- DOs
- MDs
- CNS
Objectives
- Discuss 2 reasons why talking about the dying process is important
- Adopt a simple approach to communicate natural changes related to the dying process and appropriate responses to promote comfort
- Identify the physical and emotional impact of physical changes
- Examine issues of communication, closure and healing at the end of life
- Explore the impact of mysteries such as the timing of death and visions
Outline
1. Impact of presence to prepare for talking with patients about dying
- Use of language and body language
2. Understanding the dying process
- When comorbidities exist, choosing how to die
- Preparation to avoid guilt and fear
3. Most common symptoms of the dying and how to communicate that to pts/families
- Changes in:
- Activity
- nutrition/hydration
- breathing
- circulation
- agitation
4. Psychosocial
- issuesClosure
- Communication
- Letting go
5. The Mystery Surrounding Dying and the meaning it can provide
- Timing of death
- Visions
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