Core Concepts in Palliative Care – Nurses
Overview
Developed for nursing professionals, this self-paced course delivers an in-depth overview of palliative care nursing, and provides practical tools and strategies to enhance your practice and effectiveness in caring for seriously-ill patients and families in any care setting.
The All Health Professionals course is included with the Nurse, Social Work, and Chaplain courses, so all team members share common concepts, vocabulary, and approaches.
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What You'll Learn
- Gain a deeper understanding of whole-person palliative care nursing
- Build skills in pain management, including opioid considerations and side effects
- Understand palliative nursing care for cardiac, pulmonary, liver, renal, cancer, psychiatric disorders, and frailty
- Apply knowledge of disease trajectories by articulating their symptoms, using assessment tools, recommending treatments, and understanding hospice criteria
- Assess psychological side effects of serious illness, and use interventions to help the seriously and terminally ill