Palliative Care 2025 CNE Nursing Conference

November 11, 2025

This course will be offered as Livestream (virtual) only. 

November 11, 2025 - Central Standard Time Zone

This palliative care conference will provide focused education on key topics in palliative care, including the transition of pediatric palliative care to adult services, effective strategies for conducting family meetings, and addressing PTSD in patients with serious illness. Sessions will explore the development of end-of-life educational programs using the ELNEC curriculum, the integration of spirituality, dignity therapy, and artificial intelligence in care, and current updates and controversies in pharmacologic management—specifically around psychedelics, sedatives, and cannabinoids, as well as substance use disorder. Additional sessions will highlight the role of the humanities in medicine through storytelling, as well as integrative approaches such as yoga for grief and virtual reality for distraction and pain management.

Target Audience

This nursing conference is designed for nurses working in palliative medicine, palliative care, and social workers.

Learning Objectives

  • Describe best practices for supporting patients and families across key transitions in palliative care 
  • Identify emerging therapies and current controversies in palliative pharmacology 
  • Apply integrative and humanistic approaches—such as storytelling in medicine, yoga for grief, and dignity therapy 
  • Explore the use of innovative tools, including virtual reality and artificial intelligence in palliative care settings

Attendance at any Mayo Clinic course does not indicate or guarantee competence or proficiency in the skills, knowledge or performance of any care or procedure(s) which may be discussed or taught in this course.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 8.50 ANCC
  • 7.50 ASWB
  • 8.50 Attendance
Event starts: 
11/11/2025 - 7:00am
Event ends: 
11/11/2025 - 5:00pm
Cost:
$300.00

All times listed are in CENTRAL TIME

7:45 AMZoom link opens 
8:00 AMUpdates and Controversies in PharmacologyLeslie Siegel, PharmD, RPh
9:00 AMSubstance Use DisorderMashele Huschka, APRN, CNP, DNP
9:45 AMDeveloping End of Life Educational ProgramsJen Battista, MSN, RN, C<SRN and Doralyn Costello, MSN, RN, OCN
10:30 AMBreak 
10:45 AMPTSD in Serious IllnessElizabeth Sokolowski, MD 
11:45 AMPalliative Care Transitioning Pediatric to Adult Smaro Spandonidis, RN and Melissa Smith, APRN, CNP, MSN
12:15 PMBreak 
12:45 PMGrief and YogaMichele Hoffman
1:15 PMEnd of Life Care in Major ReligionsCaila Rinker, MDiv, BCC
2:00 PMThe Grieving BrainAna Wilson, MDiv, BCC, CT
2:30 PMBreak 
2:45 PMVirtual Reality for Distraction and Pain ManagementJosh Lueck, MSN, RN
3:30 PMConducting a Family MeetingRachel Eickhoff, RN; Rachel Gentes, APRN, CNP, MSN; Cory Ingram, MD; and Casey Wunderlich, LICSW
4:30 PMStorytelling in MedicineCory Ingram, MD
5:30 PMAdjourn 

 

This course will be presented via Zoom live web stream. 

ANCC 

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this activity for a maximum of 8.50 ANCC contact hours.   
 

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

ASWB
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 7.50 clinical continuing education credits. 

 

Other Healthcare Professionals 

A record of attendance will be provided to all registrants for requesting credits in accordance with state nursing boards, specialty societies or other professional associations. 

Available Credit

  • 8.50 ANCC
  • 7.50 ASWB
  • 8.50 Attendance

Price

Cost:
$300.00
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