Level 1&2 End of Life Doula Training NYC. Saturday, May 21st 1pm-6pm and Sunday, May 22nd 11am-4pm
Course Fee: $387 for both levels. Early Bird Special $337 by May 1st
Level 1 End of Life Doula Community Caregiver Training This Training is for everyone. Family caregivers, community volunteers, healthcare workers, etc.
The Level 1 EOLD Community Caregiver Training is a non-medical course. Teaching everyone the skills they need to take care of those who are at the end of life. Participants will learn the 3 phases of end of life care and what interventions they can suggest for comfort for both patient and family in each phase. Infused with patient bedside stories, this workshop is empowering, uplifting and inspiring.
What you will learn:
- The 3 Phases of End of Life Care.
- Interventions to use in each phase to allow for the patient’s optimal comfort and care.
- Case studies using real end of life scenarios. Application from the learning of the 3 phases of care. This allows the Doula to reinforce the knowledge and apply it to real bedside examples.
LEVEL 1 COURSE TIME: 4 on-line classes. 8 total hours of course time or 5 hours in a live workshop. *Level 1 End of Life Doula Community Caregiver Training includes lifetime access to the Level 1 Doula classroom modules. It also includes lifetime access to the level 1 live webinars.
Testimonial for the Level 1 Training- “Dear Suzanne, The gift you have given me is absolutely priceless. I couldn't have done all that a month ago.I am very tired, but will sleep very well tonight knowing that I am honoring my grandmother in her very important process to the end of her life here on earth. Thank you so very much, Nancy W."
Level 2 End of Life Doula Clinical Education Training. This Training is for everyone. Family caregivers, community volunteers, healthcare workers, etc.
The Level 2 EOLD Clinical Training is a non-medical course. The wonderful gift about understanding how a disease process works is that there are many non-invasive interventions that can be used to increase the quality of a patient’s life each and everyday. By learning the nuances of the top 10-disease process, the Level 2 Training accomplishes this goal.
What you will learn:
- The Top Ten End of Life Disease Processes
- The Most Common Medications used in End of Life Care
- Case studies using real end of life scenarios. Application from the learning of the top 10-disease process and the common medications will be used in each case study. This will allow students to reinforce their learning and be able to put the Doula skills into practice.
LEVEL 2 COURSE TIME: 4 on-line class modules 8 hours. 6 Hours in a Live Classroom
*Level 2 End of Life Doula Clinical Training includes lifetime access to the Level 2 Doula classroom modules. It also includes lifetime access to the level 2 live webinars. Pre-requisite: Level 1 Doulagivers/End of Life Doula Community Caregiver Training. Students who successfully complete Levels 1&2 are eligible to take the Level 3 End of Life Doula Practitioners Certification on-line course at anytime.
Suzanne B. O'Brien RN
Organizer of End of Life Doula Training Levels 1&2
Suzanne B. O'Brien RN- Winner of the Worldwide Leader in Healthcare award from The International Nurses Association
Speaker ~ Author ~ Creator of Doulagivers - End of Life Doula Training Program
Suzanne B O'Brien RN is an end of life educator, consultant and author of the # 1 International Bestselling book Creating Positive Passings & End of Life Doula Level 1 Caregiver Training (2015) — a guide to learning the invaluable skills of how to care for someone at the end of life. 9/10 people polled say they want to be kept at home if terminally ill. Source: Survey National Hospice Poll 1996.
Suzanne also shows you how you can achieve a dignified, meaningful, natural death at home through a holistic experience with the support and education of Doulagivers End of Life Doulas and Hospice care. Suzanne created the Doulagivers End of Life Doula Training in 2012 inspired by doing volunteer hospice work in Zimbabwe, Africa and her years of experience as both a hospice and oncology nurse. Learning the basic skills on how to care for someone who is dying and planning ahead through an Advance Directive can make the End of Life Experience better by 90%, no matter what the disease process. It is that important. Suzanne founded the International End of Life Doula Training and Wellness Center NYC in May 2015 where she offers Doula and wellness trainings every month. Suzanne is launching her new webinar "Great Life, Good Death" March 2016 sharing what she has learned from her end of life patients on what their insights are that make a great life and a good death. Combined with her transpersonal psychology and registered nurse training, Suzanne will go over the four bodies of energy and how we need to nourish each one equally to have a great life resulting in a good death. Suzanne resides in New York City, where she has been a registered nurse and hospice nurse for over 15 years.