APRN Certificate in Palliative Care

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Career development programs for palliative care nurses often fall into two extremes – expensive in-person fellowships or short surface-level online courses. The APRN Certificate in Palliative Care is different. It’s a 9-month online instructor-led program with the perfect mix of accessibility, flexibility, and in-depth learning for you or someone on your team.

Learn evidence-based strategies in pain and symptom management to reduce patients’ suffering and support resilience. Help patients and families identify goals of care. Build interdisciplinary teamwork. Transform your career.

PROGRAM DETAILS
  • Instructor-led course features 9 months of online instruction
  • Complete weekly assignments on your own schedule
  • Class size limited to 25 students
  • Course content includes recorded lectures, readings, interactive case studies, quizzes, and instructor-facilitated discussions, with a mid-course exam and final exam to gauge learning
  • Course materials available 24/7
  • Spend about 7 hours per week on learning
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
  • Foundational aspects of palliative nursing including key aspects of care, clinical strategies, communication fundamentals, interdisciplinary team functions, and the overall role of the APRN
  • Serious and chronic illness care from a holistic, patient- centered perspective, incorporating all aspects of physical, psychosocial, emotional and spiritual care as well as complementary and alternative therapies
  • Palliative care ethical issues and perspectives, and legal aspects of care
  • Leadership skills for advanced practice nurses including relationship and team building
  • Cultural competencies and working with special populations in all palliative care settings
  • Pediatric palliative care and the special issues related to the care of children
WHAT YOU’LL EARN
  • 175 continuing education (CE) credits
  • APRN Certificate in Palliative Care from the CSU Shiley Haynes Institute for Palliative Care
WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE?
  • Nurse practitioners
  • Advanced practice nurses

APRNs who treat patients with advanced illness in:

  • Hospice, home care, or palliative care programs
  • Primary care clinics
  • Oncology, nephrology, orthopedics, and other specialty clinics
  • Other practice settings
TOTAL INVESTMENT
  • $4,290 for registration
  • Approximately $175 for required textbooks:
  • Dahlin, C., Coyne, P. J., & Ferrell, B. R. (2016). Advanced practice palliative nursing. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
  • McPherson, M. L. (2019). Demystifying opioid conversion calculations: A guide for effective dosing (2nd Ed.). Bethesda, MD: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
  • 9 months to complete the program

Note: Prices are subject to change without prior notice.

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