APNA Palliative Care
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APNA Palliative Care

Topic

Palliative care
 

Content

Single module covering:

  • Palliative care definitions and concepts
  • Illness trajectories
  • Assessing palliative care needs
  • Assessment and management of pain
  • Effective communication strategies
  • Advance care planning and ethics
  • Implementing and delivering a palliative approach.

Depth

Basic to intermediate

Target audience

Nurses working in primary health care including general practice

Time to complete

2 hours

Authors

Professor Jane Phillips

Comments

2 CPD hours awarded on completion

The module will provide you with an understanding of:

  • The principles necessary for effective assessment and management of patients' palliative care needs.
  • Effective communication strategies in the context of patients' responses to loss and grief, existential challenges, uncertainty and changing goals of care.
  • Strategies required to work collaboratively with other members of the multi-disciplinary team to effectively meet patients and their families palliative care needs; and understand your duty of care in relation to patients who require a palliative approach.

Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA) is the peak professional body for nurses working in primary health care.

Registration required

Yes

Payment required

Free for members, cost for non-members 

Student support

Yes

Certificate

Yes

Country of origin

Australia

Web Address

https://www.apna.asn.au/product/detail/​b39abc31-4823-e811-80d4-005056be66b1

 

Page updated 27 February 2024