Palliative Care Nursing

Catalog description

NURS 4512. Palliative Care Nursing. Role of nursing in the palliative management of clients living with serious chronic illness. Methods for providing relief of symptoms for clients who have irreversible illnesses. Application of best practice evidence related to palliative care skills such as assessment and management of symptoms and pain, psychosocial and spiritual issues, communication, and ethical and legal issues. Prerequisite: Nursing major. Two lecture hours a week. Credit: Two hours.