{"id":798,"date":"2025-09-23T14:47:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T21:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.agefriendly.care\/?page_id=798"},"modified":"2026-09-09T14:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T21:45:08","slug":"april-continuing-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/apu.agefriendly.care\/index.php\/april-continuing-education\/","title":{"rendered":"April Continuing Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Past Speaker<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erin Casale, BSN<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n

Seminar Title: End-of-Life Nursing Care: Symptom Management in a Dying Patient<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Continuing Education Credit Video Portal<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

Presentation Date<\/strong>: 4\/10\/2026<\/p>\n\n\n

Presentation Time<\/strong>: 11:00 AM<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seminar Details<\/strong>: This presentation provides a comprehensive guide for nurses on delivering compassionate and effective care to terminal patients who have chosen comfort-focused treatments over curative measures. The core of the presentation focuses on managing common physical and psychosocial symptoms\u2014including pain, dyspnea (shortness of breath), nausea, anxiety, and agitation\u2014through both pharmacological interventions, such as opioids and benzodiazepines, and non-pharmacological methods like repositioning, aromatherapy, and emotional support. By emphasizing the nurse\u2019s role as a trusted advocate and partner to the family, the presentation outlines how to maintain patient dignity, provide essential family education, and perform respectful post-mortem care to ensure a peaceful passing of the patient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

Speaker Bio<\/strong>: Erin was born and raised in Southern California, and moved to Colorado in 2010. She found a love of healthcare in high school during a 2 yearlong health occupations program. During senior year she had a shadow internship in a hospital and got to see how many different departments function and see many different specialty areas of nursing care. She knew that being a nurse and helping people was what she wanted to do. Erin graduated from Azusa Pacific University School of Nursing BSN program in 2005. She started off working on inpatient oncology units for 14 years and has been caring for hospice patients since 2018. She is passionate about bedside nursing care.\n\nWhen working in oncology, she had the privilege of providing end-of-life care in the hospital. Not all of those EOL situations were great, and she wanted the opportunity to help patients and families have better EOL experiences. Working in hospice, nursing care gets back to the heart nursing and of helping people. She loves making sure patients are comfortable and providing education to patients and their families.\n\nIn her spare time, Erin loves to cook, bake, hike, go for walks and hang out with her family. She and her husband Jeremy have been married for 12 years, they have 2 young daughters, Claire and Lauren, and a cat named Ella. Her favorite foods are tacos, eggplant parm, and just about any dessert. For the last 6 years, Erin has planned and executed the menu for an Afternoon Spring Tea event at her church that serves over 140 women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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