Advanced Practice RN Certificate in Palliative Care
Overview
The Advanced Practice RN Certificate in Palliative Care is an online program that puts you on the path to becoming an expert in palliative care. This in-depth nurse practitioner palliative care course offers flexibility and accessibility, so you can achieve your career and learning objectives as a working healthcare professional.
Train for certification exams with this interactive instructor-led palliative care nurse practitioner program. The APRN certificate provides foundational knowledge required to gain certification.
Developed for the CSU Shiley Haynes Institute for Palliative Care by nationally recognized palliative care and hospice nursing experts, with contributions from specialists in oncology, cardiology, nutrition, interdisciplinary practice, complementary and alternative therapies, chaplaincy, and more. Transform your career and get started today.
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What You'll Learn
- Explore foundational aspects of palliative nursing, including the role of the APRN, clinical strategies, communication fundamentals, and interdisciplinary team functions
- Understand serious and chronic illness care from a holistic, patient-centered perspective, incorporating aspects of physical, psychosocial, and spiritual care, along with complementary therapies
- Identify pharmacological, non-pharmacological, and integrative therapies for managing pain and other symptoms of serious illness
- Examine palliative care ethical issues and perspectives
- Master leadership skills for advanced practice nurses, including relationship and team building