Adv Pall Care Theory

(3 Credits)

This course assists students in developing advanced knowledge and skills to assess and manage advanced diseases, alleviate complex symptoms, and address the holistic needs of patients and families (e.g. those with cancer, AIDS, End-Stage Organ Diseases.) Students will analyze the impact of such illness on family, community, and health care systems, including the availability of resources and barriers to resources. A focus will be on the leadership role of nurses in palliative care as it relates to symptom management including: the analysis and development of health care policies, protocols, standards of care, health care resources, and evidence-based practice. Students will critique clinical and research literature and available electronic information to support evidence-based practice.