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Patient Rights

Understanding Advance Directives

Caregiver

This is a course for care professionals that covers the purpose of advance directives and the two main types: living wills and medical durable power of attorney. The course also addresses the relationship between Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) orders and advance directives, while giving tips on how to support clients’ end-of-life wishes.
  • Discuss the purpose of an advance directive.
  • Differentiate between a living will and a medical durable power of attorney.
  • Describe what it means to have decision-making capacity.
  • Discuss how a DNR order relates to advance directives.
  • Recognize three ways you can support your clients’ advance directives.
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   English

   Audio Included

    Instructor-Led PDF Available

   CE Credit Hours: 1 Hour

   Length: 1 Hour

Understanding Advance Directives

A younger woman with blonde hair is closely embracing an older woman with gray hair and glasses. Both women are looking attentively in the same direction. The image has a transparent blue overlay with a white arrow-like symbol in the bottom right corner.

   English

   Audio Included

    Instructor-Led PDF Available

   CE Credit Hours: 1 Hour

   Length: 1 Hour

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