RN Certificate in Palliative Care

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Nurses give compassionate multifaceted care to patients and families from all walks of life. Delivering high-quality care and helping to ease physical and emotional symptoms in patients with advanced illnesses requires an extra level of skill.

Whether you’re working in hospice and palliative care or another practice setting, this course gives you all the tools you’ll need to support these vulnerable patients and families. You’ll learn about trajectories of common diseases, expert pain and symptom management strategies, how to address emotional suffering, and how to care for patients at the end of life.

Thoroughly revised, including updated content to reflect state-of-the-art clinical practice; expanded content; new optional live Zoom sessions with instructors and fellow students; robust clinical tools, resources, and practical takeaway.

PROGRAM DETAILS
  • Course features 8 weeks of online instruction
  • Weekly assignments completed on your own schedule
  • Course content includes recorded lectures, readings, case studies, quizzes, helpful resources, and instructor-facilitated discussions
  • Course materials available 24/7
  • Two optional live Zoom sessions with instructors and participants for Q&A, discussion
  • You’ll spend about 6–8 hours per week on learning
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
  • Effective communication skills to conduct advance care planning and elicit goals of care
  • Clinical presentations, disease trajectories, and prognostic indicators of advanced disease states
  • Evidence-based pain assessment and care planning that considers multiple dimensions of suffering
  • Pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatment modalities available to manage symptoms
  • Ethical issues that may arise in palliative care and the application of ethical issues to support patient and provider decision-making
  • Cultural differences and sensitive approaches to the needs of diverse populations
WHAT YOU’LL EARN
  • 64 continuing education (CE) credits
  • RN Certificate in Palliative Care from the CSU Shiley Haynes Institute for Palliative Care
WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE?
  • Registered nurses who care for patients with advanced illnesses in any setting, including:
  • Hospice, home care, or palliative care programs
  • Primary care clinics
  • Oncology, nephrology, orthopedics, and other specialty clinics
  • Advanced care facilities

TOTAL INVESTMENT

  • $1,022 for registration
  • Approximately $100 for the required textbooks:
  • Ferrell, B. R., & Paice, J. A. (Eds.). (most recent edition). Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing (most recent edition). Oxford University Press.
  • NCHPC. (most recent edition). Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care (most recent edition). (Link to full text provided in course)
  • 8 weeks to complete program

Note: Prices are subject to change without prior notice.

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