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Adult Palliative Care (NURS90047)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
Contact information
July
Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Education
Future Students: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/graduate/graduate-certificate-in-palliative-care/
Current Students: TL-palliativecare@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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Evidence Based Palliative Care (compulsory for all students)
- Day 1 – Pain Assessment & Management in palliative care (compulsory for doctors and nurses)
- Day 2 - Symptom Management in palliative care (compulsory for doctors and nurses)
- Day 3 – Palliative care in non-cancer context
- Day 4 - Psychosocial, spiritual and ethic-legal aspects of palliative care
- Day 5 - Family centred palliative care & cultural issues
Intended learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this subject should have:
- Critically appraise literature relevant to course content
- Discuss the fundamentals of research in palliative care and evaluation techniques implemented
- Explore the principles of evidence based practice
- Identify symptoms often experienced by patients during the palliative phase of an illness
- Explore current evidence based strategies for complex symptom management
- Discuss models of grief and bereavement care , and be able to describe risk factors for prolonged grief
- Identify relevant legislation that guides palliative care practice in Australia
- Explore the concept of spiritual care in the context of palliative care provision
- Identify diseases other than cancer likely to benefit from a palliative approach
- Recognise challenges of providing palliative care for patients with non malignant diseases
- Discuss the impact of the caring role for a family caregiver
- Be aware of interventions to benefit families providing care to palliative care patients
- Identify opportunities for own learning needs
Last updated: 3 November 2022