Palliative Care

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course equips students with knowledge and skills to provide palliative nursing care for people living in rural communities. Students are provided with a foundation to support people and family at the end of life and serious illness management, using principles of palliative care and palliative approaches including pain and symptom management; loss, grief, and bereavement; person- and family-centred care; comfort and quality of life; culturally safe care; ethical decision- making; and effective communication. Students explore issues particular to serious illness management, oncology, geriatric, and pediatric populations, as well as perspectives on death and dying in the context of culture. Prerequisite(s): NURS 330-4, or Rural Nursing Certificate Program, or permission of the Chair Preclusion(s): NURS 452-6, NURS 652-3