Dr. Pat Murphy: Surgical Palliative Care Nurse Researcher

04/05/21 • 39 min

#024 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews Dr. Patricia Murphy. Pat is a nurse and is recently retired as the Clinical Clinical Ethicist at University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey. She is an associate professor in the Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School Department of Surgery and served as a member of the New Jersey Bioethics Commission, the multidisciplinary body that developed the Advance Directive and Brain Death legislation in New Jersey. She is responsible for teacher generations of medical students, residents and attendings how to care for patients and families during the most difficult times of their lives. In this episode, Pat shares how her time with Dr. Elizabeth Kubler Ross as well as her time in the Faculty Scholars Program of the Project on Death in American shaped her career in palliative care. She discusses her decades of work in the Department of Surgery at Rutgers NJ Medical School, where she worked closely with Dr. Anne Mosenthal to study the integration of palliative medicine into the care of trauma patients. Pat gives tips on how to deliver bad news and how best to code status and goals of care with patients and families. Lastly, she discusses the importance of communication amongst team members and reminds us to listen to our nurses!
To read more about the work of Pat Murphy and Anne Mosenthal click here.
To hear the story about how Pat influenced the career of Dr. Jessica Zitter watch here.
To learn more about the surgical palliative care community, visit us on twitter @surgpallcare
To learn more about host Red Hoffman, visit her website www.redhoffmanmd.com.

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Dr. Mary Lynn McPherson: Palliative Care Pharmacist Extraordinaire

#023 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews pharmacist Dr. Mary Lynn McPherson, Professor and Executive Director of the Advanced Post-Graduate Education in Palliative Care in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science at the University of Maryland, Program Director of the Online Master of Science and Graduate Certificates in Palliative Care (also at University of Maryland), host of the Palliative Care Chat Podcast and author of the very well-known book Demystifying Opioid Conversion Calculations: A Guide for Effective Dosing. Lynn is a well-known speaker and a respected educator and was named as a 2018 Visionary in Hospice and Palliative Medicine by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Lynn discusses the role of the pharmacist on the interdisciplinary palliative care team, including the very important role of de-prescribing medications. She then offers a step-wise approach to the treatment of common symptoms such as nausea, constipation
(spoiler alert- we are using way too much zofran and docusate!), delirium and pain. Lastly, she answers some of Red's burning questions about tylenol, toradol, transdermal delivery systems and buprenorphine. Lynn is consistently one of the most most sought-after speakers at the AAHPM Annual Assembly and it is incredible to have the opportunity to learn from her!
To find a copy of Demystifying Opioid Conversion Calculations click here.
To listen to the Palliative Care Chat Podcast click here.
To learn more about the University of Maryland Online Master of Science and Graduate Certificates in Palliative Care click here.
To learn more about the surgical palliative care community, visit us on twitter @surgpallcare
To learn more about host Red Hoffman, visit her website www.redhoffmanmd.com.

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Introducing The Surgical Palliative Care Society (SPCS)

#025 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman as she interviews Drs. Buddy Marterre and Pringl Miller, whom - along with Red - founded the recently launched Surgical Palliative Care Society (SPCS), the first inter-disciplinary society dedicated to the integration of high quality palliative medicine into the care of surgical patients. They discuss the origins of the society, review its mission and talk about how Buddy's work as a beekeeper inspired the non-hierarchical approach to the creation of our Council and Committees.
Membership is open to all healthcare professionals involved in the care of surgical patients (including surgeons, physicians, nurses, advanced practice providers, social workers, chaplains and respiratory therapists) as well as to students and trainees. Please visit the website and consider joining as an inaugural member (inaugural dues are half-price through the end of 2021.)
To learn more about the Surgical Palliative Care Society, visit the website at www.spcsociety.org or twitter @spcsociety.
To learn more about the surgical palliative care community, visit us on twitter @surgpallcare
To learn more about host Red Hoffman, visit her website www.redhoffmanmd.com or twitter @redmdnd.