REGISTRATION EXTENDED: Ventilator Withdrawal
Date/Time: 07/29/2014, 3:00 pm - 4:15 pm
Provider: Florida Hospice & Palliative Care Association
DATE CHANGE – REGISTRATION EXTENDED
This webinar will discuss the current state of the science surrounding terminal ventilator withdrawal, what is known and existing gaps. The speaker, Dr. Campbell, will also discuss other topics related to ventilator withdrawal such as the patient experience, dyspnea assessment, medication management, and expected duration of survival.
Speaker: Margaret L. Campbell, PhD, RN, FPCN
Dr. Campbell is a Professor – Research in the Office of Health Research in the College of Nursing at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. Dr. Campbell received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Nursing from Wayne State University and her PhD in Nursing from the University of Michigan. She has been a member of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association since 2001 and was the President in 2009.
She had an inpatient palliative care clinical practice for more than 25 years before obtaining a research faculty appointment. Dr. Campbell conducts clinical research to assess and treat dyspnea among patients with advanced disease and the end of life. She developed the Respiratory Distress Observation Scale (RDOS), the only known valid and reliable tool for measuring respiratory distress when the patient cannot self-report dyspnea. She has conducted dyspnea intervention studies using the RDOS and has NIH and foundation funding.
