Core Concepts in Palliative Care – Nurses
Overview
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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