Bedside Matters
A Forum for Frontline Health Care Specialists
Contact Hours Offered
About Our Program
Frontline workers deal with difficult personal and emotional issues alongside administrative constraints that may impact time spent with patients.
Bedside Matters is a safe forum to openly discuss thought-provoking topical events and the social and emotional issues that often arise in caring for patients and families. The goals of the forum are to strengthen relationships between patients and caregivers and help preserve the human connection in health care.
We begin with each session with a VUMC patient case. After review, a panel of interdisciplinary health care workers provides their unique perspectives. We then open the discussion to our audience to ask questions and share their experiences.
We ask that all participants have an open mind, share honestly and be respectful when opinions vary from their own.
Virtual events are held the third Wednesday of every month from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
We look forward to your participation!
Suggestion for Bedside Matters?
Our programs include discussion of patients and situations arising from all entities across VUMC. If you are interested in suggesting or presenting a topic and/or participating as a panel member, email: Dr. Walter Merrill
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Contact Hour Accreditation Statement If Contact Hours lists TBD: This event is eligible for nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) contact hours; however, the number of hours is yet to be determined. Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nursing Education and Professional Development, is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. |
March Bedside Matters
Title
Bladder outlet obstruction as a cause of death in a hospice patient
Date & Registration
March 18, via Teams Registration
Description
Consistent with the clearly stated wishes of an elderly man with dementia, his family chose to forgo indefinite placement of a urinary catheter. They believed he would have considered it an invasive procedure meant not only to provide palliation of symptoms but also to prolong his life. Two days after removal of a non-functioning catheter, the patient died peacefully at home with his family at his bedside. We will discuss the clinical and ethical aspects of this case.
Panel
Mohana Karlekar, MD
mohana.b.karlekar@vumc.org
Bruce Jennings, MA
bruce.jennings@vanderbilt.edu
Roger Dmochowski, MD
roger.dmochowski@vumc.org