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This online End of Life Care training course covers the following:
- Introduction to end of life care:
- End of life care statistics,
- The individuals involved in end of life care,
- Key definitions, and
- Key abbreviations relating to end of life care.
- Understanding end of life care:
- Palliative care,
- The individuals involved in palliative care,
- Palliative care services, and
- The significance of effective communication skills.
- Getting the end of life diagnosis:
- End of life diagnosis,
- Understanding the patient journey,
- Advance care planning, and
- The importance of planning for future care.
- Key transitions and the varying cultural and spiritual needs towards the end of life.
- Nursing care:
- The positives of end of life care,
- The dying process,
- End of life care coordination,
- ‘Best interest’ decisions,
- The principles of recordkeeping, and
- Tips for conducting sensitive conversations.
- Ethical considerations:
- Ethical considerations relating to end of life care,
- Equality, diversity and human rights,
- Medication management,
- Comorbidities,
- The death trajectory,
- The final minutes of life,
- The bereavement phase, and
- The consequences for families and caregivers.