Palliative and Gerontological Care

Catalog description

This course provides the foundational basis for professional nursing care for the chronic, end of life clients of all ages, and the older adult clients and their families. Core course concepts include comfort, chronicity, and optimal sense of wellness and functional status. This course explores and builds on theories related to the end of life and aging, normal changes of the aging, complex interactions of chronic comorbid physical and mental conditions, and associated nursing care common to the 261 chronically ill patient and older adult. Course structure includes 3 credits lecture and 2 credits clinical lab. Prerequisite: Admission to the Nursing Program.