Palliative Care Nursing

Course aim

This course aims to provide registered nurses with the knowledge, skills, and experiences to develop advanced theoretical and practical knowledge to be able to provide evidence informed palliative nursing care to adults in any health care setting.

Course content

Historical perspective of palliative care, palliative care standards, principles of palliative care nursing, a public health approach to palliative care, palliative care practice in various settings and for culturally diverse communities, evidence based practice in palliative care nursing and end of life care including symptom assessment and management, care planning for holistic patient centred end-of- life care; roles in the health care team; compassionate communication with clients, family/significant others including barriers to effective communication; strategies  for effective communication; communication in  the health care team; legislation and advance care planning; ethical issues in palliative care; grief and bereavement care for clients, families/significant others including spirituality in palliative care; strategies for avoiding burnout and building resilience in the nursing workforce including self-care & debriefing.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Case study, Reflection, Summary

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.250
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.