Healthcare Team

What we offer

Before the Casket Courses

Contact hours for nurses, paramedics, social workers, aides, and other healthcare team members

Professional development can be dull, dry, boring, same ole same ole, click quiz click quiz.

Before the Casket developed workshops and seminars applicable to your job.

Everybody dies. Are you comfortable having a conversation with a patient or their loved one about their end-of-life? How do you manage your grief? Will you recognize the signs during a head-to-toe assessment?

Death Happens Everywhere: Essential Skills for the Healthcare Team

Nurses receive 7.0 contact hours

Created by Amy Hensley and content experts.

Facilitated by Amy Hensley.

A full-day deep-dive for healthcare teams who are done guessing, done tiptoeing, and ready to handle death and dying with clarity, skill, and heart.

Finally understand palliative care and hospice — minus the myths and mixed messages.
Recognize and know what to expect as the body goes through the dying process, so nothing catches you off guard.
Get language you can actually use when conversations get tough.
Build communication muscle by practicing with scenarios that sound suspiciously like your real life.
Understand your grief so it doesn’t hijack your compassion.
Walk out more grounded, more confident, and more connected to your “why.”

Delivered in person and group-based.
Lunch provided!

Our next workshop:

Omaha: Sat March 7, 2026

Watch for our full 2026 schedule!

If your organization is interested in hosting the workshop for your team, contact us for a proposal.

Death Happens Everywhere makes an excellent pre-conference workshop.

This activity has been submitted to VTL Center for Professional Development for approval to award contact hours. VTL Center for Professional Development is accredited as an approver of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Don't Panic, It's Just Death (And You Can Handle It) (1 or 2 hours)

This real-talk session gives healthcare staff practical tools for recognizing decline, documenting clearly, and opening hospice conversations without shutting them down. Learn what dying looks like, what to do, and how to stay grounded—because death is inevitable, but panic isn’t.

From ER nurse to death advocate (1 hour)

We all have our CPR cards. Have you done it? How do you explain a patient's care rights to them? Practice these difficult conversations and be an advocate.

When Home Means Here: Rethinking Hospice in Assisted Living (2 hours, or Part 1 & 2)

Death doesn’t wait for a hospital bed — it happens here, too. Yet too often, assisted living residents are transferred away from the place they call home in their final days. Spot the signs before the crash. Ditch the awkward for clarity and comfort. Advocate, acknowledge, and support. This session challenges administrators to rethink hospice as more than a referral, but as a partnership that supports residents, families, and staff.