Palliative Care

Palliative Care (Certificate)

This program is intended to provide family members or health care workers with a better understanding of caring for terminally ill patients.

Covers the culturally and linguistically diverse client, services and products, symptom control, medication management and legal obligations.

Although Thanatology students do not provide palliative care for patience, the scope of this course will endeavour to assist students to enable patients and families cope with palliative care and understand the issues of such care. Principles will include control of pain and symptoms, psychological, social, cultural and spiritual issues. Students will also learn how to respond to chronic illness for adults and children, communication issues, home care and what the psychological needs are of the dying and their families and stress issues.

Target group
Registered nurses who are interested in providing care to and maintaining the quality of life of clients with life-limiting disease

Contents

Course Description

The Post-graduate Certificate on Palliative and Home Care Nursing seeks to equip registered nurses with the knowledge, attitudes and skills that imrpove the quality of life of patients facing life-threatening illnessess and their significant others. This is achieved through the consideration of the whole person including physical, psychosocial and spiritual aspects of care and attention to the prevention and relief of suffering.

Course Objectives

The objectives of the post-graduate courses are:

1. To improve knowledge and develop nursing skills that improve the quality of life of patients facing life-threatening illnesses and their families, in various settings (outpatient, inpatient and home care),
2. To develop communication skills for dealing with psychosocial and end of life issues,
3. To develop attitudes for dealing with ethical challenges and for providing spiritual care at the end of life.

Course Structure

The content of the post-graduate course comprises seven domains in order to achieve a basic level of theoretical and clinical competencies in palliative and home care nursing:

* Basics of Palliative Care and Palliative Care Nursing
* ’,Total Pain’, Assessment and Control
* Symptom Assessment and Management
* Psychosocial and Spiritual Aspects
* Ethical Issues
* Communication
* Teamwork and Self-reflection

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