Show notes-

INTRO

Mourning Dove Medical Presents Dr. G at the Heart of Healthcare HAPPY 1 Year Anniversary 🎉

#hapc24 was 03/20/2024-03/23/2024 and is The Annual Assembly of Hospice & Palliative Care with two professional organizations: AAHPM & HPNA https://aahpm.org/assembly/assembly

Guest

Erin Collins, MNE, RN, CHPN

- Founder of nonprofit The Peaceful Presence Project (15 EOLDs, EOL plan, “endnotes” is a guidebook that helps create an end-of-life plan )

- Nurse for 17 years, started in oncology then EOL

- Yogi since 1995

- Recents birthday 02/13 bday

Mission-Educate & Empower in three parts, helping listeners ‘SEE’ what’s needed to navigate the healthcare system. 

1. Story (theme) Annual Assembly at convention center in Phoenix, Arizona 

2. Educate -Teaching points from our daily takeaways:

- Wednesday was the Opening Reception, dinner with our people/tribe

- Thursday: Presidential Citation Award to HMDCB https://hmdcb.org Opening Keynote “Compassionate Storytelling” Rakia Reynolds https://skaibluemedia.com/ Interprofessional Spiritual Care Education

- Friday: Transdisciplinary Teamwork by Mary Lynn McPherson Pharm.D., PhD, BCPS, on receiving the 2024 HPNA Champion Award ; Decision-Making affected by different spiritual beliefs within families; EOL education needed in nursing education End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) https://www.aacnnursing.org/elnec

- Saturday Congrats to newly minted fellows 🎉; Weight of Surrogate Decision Making; Palliative Care in Sickle Cell Disease to alleviate suffering

3. Empower -A valuable a resource https://thepeacefulpresenceproject.org We provide non-medical, thoughtful support to individuals and families facing serious and terminal illness. Guidebook End Notes (evidence based); EOLD serve families at other end of lifecycle ; best advice to non-medical EOLD/Death Doulas 

Website info https://mourningdovemedical.com

Video podcast 🔗 https://youtu.be/dyhDV1NE98o?si=EsWA0-muri3IjYaS #hapc #EducateAndEmpower #PeaceOfMind #TheRealDealAboutHospice #hapc24