Navigating Palliative Care: FREE 4 part Webinar Series for Nurses

Navigating Palliative Care: A 4-Part Webinar Series for Nurses

September – December 2025

Please register for EACH session you wish to attend.

Join us for a four-part webinar series designed to equip nurses with the knowledge, confidence, and practical skills needed to deliver high-quality palliative care across all settings. From foundational principles to advanced symptom management and end-of-life support, this series explores the nurse’s pivotal role in caring for patients and families during some of life’s most critical moments.

Part One September 10 5-6 EST Nurses as Advocates: A Holistic Approach to Palliative Care

• Define palliative care and learn to identify patients who could benefit from a palliative approach

• Identify barriers to access and ways to navigate them

• Understand the nursing specific role as it relates to patient advocacy

Each session focuses on a key aspect of palliative care—early identification, pain and opioid management, dyspnea and distress, and the final days of life—offering evidence-based strategies, real-world examples, and actionable tools for clinical practice.

Whether you're new to palliative care or looking to deepen your expertise, this series will strengthen your ability to advocate, assess, comfort, and guide with compassion and skill.

Audience: Nurses and other healthcare professionals involved in the care of patients with serious or life-limiting illness. 

Developed and offered by:

Marie-Laurence Fortin MSc. N, CHPCN(C) has over 22 years of experience in palliative care, including 10 years as the Conseillère Cadre in palliative care for the Integrated Health and Social Services University Network for West Central Montreal. Prior to this she worked as a nurse clinician on the palliative care unit and became the first Clinical Nurse Specialist in palliative care at the Jewish General Hospital in 2008. Marie-Laurence holds a Master’s Degree in Nursing from the University of Montreal, where she studied the experience of nurses caring for dying patients in acute care units.

Marie-Laurence has contributed to the development of palliative care training programs for healthcare providers across her entire health care organization, with a special emphasis on non-palliative care environments. She has successfully supported interdisciplinary teams in addressing end-of-life care challenges, and has mentored and supervised both graduate and undergraduate nursing students.