Hospice-Palliative Care Month: Honoring Our Veterans, a Sheridan Memorial Hospital & VA event

In a culture that often teaches us to resist mortality and a healthcare system defined by interventionism, the seemingly simple act of having a conversation about dying can have a profound impact. It’s difficult to think about these questions but having these courageous conversations with ourselves, family, friends, and doctors can mean the difference between having the type of death a patient wants – one that matches up with their values and desires – and one that doesn’t allow them to have a say in their own end-of-life journey. Please join us for this presentation and discussion.

Speaker

Ann Aksamit BSN, RN, CHPN
Director of Nursing, Sheridan Memorial Hospital 

Topics:

History of Hospice and Palliative Care
New Rules for End-of-Life Care
Hospice and Palliative Nursing and IDT (Interdisciplinary Team) Care
Symptom Management
- Grief and Bereavement (Grief Vignettes)
- We Honor Veterans (National Hospice Palliative Care Organization and VA Partnership)

In honor of Veterans and Veterans Day, plus National Hospice-Palliative Care Month, poppies will be provided to all attendees.

TO REGISTER FOR CEU CREDIT:

Conference Name: Hospice-Palliative Care Month
Conference ID VA 4664120
Conference Start Date: November 7, 2024
Conference Location Virtual
TMS Scheduled Offering # 4045211
VA Location: SHE

Thanks for your interest in this VA educational program.  VA manages and tracks all training and CEU through the VA online Talent Management System (TMS). To attend and receive your CEU certificate, you’ll need to go online to create an account in TMS. 

Thanks, in advance, for your patience with this new process. If you have questions or need assistance, please feel free to contact Marie at Marie.Donegan-Horton@va.gov   (307) 675-3355

PRE-REGISTRATION: Create an account in TMS.

Instructions:

1. To access the TMS, you must use one of the following browsers:

Internet Explorer (7.0 to 11.0)
Mozilla Firefox (3.6.x.x and above)
Safari on Mac (6.0 and above)
Google Chrome (23.0.x.x and above)

2. Go to the TMS homepage (https://www.tms.va.gov/SecureAuth35/) and click Create New User to set up a TMS profile. If you’ve previously created a TMS account, if you have any questions about the information to be provided or experience difficulties creating a profile, contact the Enterprise Service Desk (ESD) at 1.855.673.4357
3. Select Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and click Next.
4. Select Conference Attendee (Those attending a VA-sponsored conference) and click Next

5. You must provide information related to MY ACCOUNT and MY JOB.  All fields marked with an asterisk must be completed. 

   Note:  The Email Address that you enter here will be used as your Username to log into the system.  Please ensure that the email address you use is one which you will be able access. 

   Also, If there were any errors identified after selecting SUBMIT, you must fix those and then select SUBMIT again. Keep making corrections until you succeed.

6. Once any errors have been corrected, you should see the Congratulations screen.  At this point you should make note of your TMS Username (which will be the Email Address that you entered). Once you click “submit”, the following User ID message will display.  Click Continue to proceed.
7. After 20 minutes have passed, please return to https://www.tms.va.gov/SecureAuth35/ and enter your Username and click Submit. TMS requires a double authentication to access. After you enter your User name and submit you will need to get a passcode to access.  The passcode will be mailed to the email address you provided above.
8. Once your Passcode arrives, enter it using your keyboard, or the on-screen number pad, and click Submit.
9. You will be asked to select and provide answers to two security questions. These will be used if you need to reset your TMS password.  After selecting your questions and entering your answers, select the SAVE button.

At this point, you have now created your TMS User Profile

CEU CERTIFICATE GENERATION after the end of the program.   Verify and evaluate the education WITHIN 30 DAYS to obtain your CEU certificate. 

1. About one week after the program, log in to the TMS homepage (https://www.tms.va.gov/SecureAuth35/). Sign in using your user ID identified in F (above).  You will also need to do G and H again.  If you want to print your certificate, be sure your computer is connected to a printer.
2. The education course you attended should be on the To-Do List. Click on the name.
3. Click on “Complete Survey”, complete and submit it.  
4. After the Survey (evaluation) has been received, you will be taken to a new page.  On this page click on the “My History” tile. 
5. Click on “View All”. 
6. Hover the cursor over the program title click on “View Details” in the popup window that appears.   DO NOT click on the “Print Certificate” here. 
7. In the Completed Work Details screen, you should see a section named “Accreditation Details.” 
8. Click the “Print Accredited Certificate” button next to your requested Accreditation (AACME, ANCC, etc.)
9. Your Accredited certificate should appear on the screen for you to save or print.