Case Study: Principles of Palliative Care

1 Course Unit

This course prepares students to collaborate effectively with an interdisciplinary team in assessing patients and families, and planning and evaluating palliative and end of life care for diverse populations with progressive illness in multiple health care settings. Course content and assignments focus on the nurse's role in addressing the complex assessment and responses to the psychosocial and spiritual concerns of patients and caregivers across the trajectory of advanced illness. Fall Mutually Exclusive: NURS 5570 Prerequisite: NURS 1630 AND NURS 1640 1 Course Unit