2919 (v.4) Palliative Care Nursing 260

Area:	School of Nursing and Midwifery
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	2.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Other Requisite(s):	Nursing Registration: Students enrolling in this unit must be currently registered nurses or enrolled nursing students.
Syllabus:	An introduction to palliative care nursing and consolidation of knowledge who are already employed in palliative care. This unit will focus on the philosophy of palliative care: assessment of the palliative patient and their family, the management of pain and distressing symptoms in advanced disease, the interdisciplinary team approach to palliative care, bereavement, psychosocial and spiritual issues and the family as care receivers and givers.
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Field of Education:	060311 Aged Care Nursing
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Not Online *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

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