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2016-23: Improving Dignity when Managing Dementia with Behavioral Disturbance: Developing a Palliative Care Pathway for Patients on a Senior Psychiatric Unit

This presentation introduces an approach to improving outcomes for patients with dementia with behavioral disturbance on a senior psychiatric unit through interdisciplinary collaboration in developing a palliative care pathway. By addressing this need, patients experienced an improvement in behavioral management and a reduction in suffering.

Presenter:  Brittney Caldera-Stoll, RN, MSN, MBA, NE-BC

Disclosures:  The APNA planners and faculty have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. Off-label uses will not be discussed during this presentation.

Session Length:  45 minutes

Target Audience:  RN

Learning Outcome:
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:

• Discuss one strategy for increasing utilization of palliative care services on a senior psychiatric unit.

Keywords:  Behavioral and Psychiatric Symptoms of Dementia, Inpatient Psychiatric Unit, Palliative Care

Nursing Continuing Professional Development:
0.75 contact hours.  * In order to receive contact hours, you must: Listen to presentation, complete an evaluation, and earn a passing score on the post-test before the expiration date. You will have 5 tries to correctly answer the questions on the post-test and a score of 80% is required to pass. Once you have passed and completed an evaluation, the certificate will be generated online, available for you to print immediately. You cannot earn credit unless all steps are completed.

The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Originally Presented
APNA 37th Annual Conference
Lake Buena Vista, FL

Access to this course will end:  November 1, 2026

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