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Course Title: Nursing Care at the End of Life
Campus Course Code: NURS 5390
Campus: UT Arlington
Program: Non-Program
Course Description

This elective course provides an overview of the nursing care of the terminally ill patient and family. During the five-week session, we will explore the impact of personal values and beliefs about death on nursing care, the physiology of end stage disease processes, clinical approaches to pain and symptom management, societal issues and trends in end of life care and the role of the nurse in hospice and palliative care. The course is taught online, incorporating self-paced instruction, case studies and asynchronous group discussion.

Objectives
  • Explore the influence of personal ideology and experiences on nursing care at the end of life.
  • Explore legal and ethical issues and trends in hospice and palliative care in the United States.
  • Identify the principles of pain and symptom management in the nursing care of the dying patient.
  • Identify the elements of psychosocial, spiritual and cultural assessment that guide interventions for patient and family support at the end of life.
  • Discuss the unique role of the nurse as a member of the multidisciplinary team in hospice care.

Materials

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Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor
Credits:3
Level:Graduate
Faculty

Mary Jo  Perley
perley@uta.edu
817-272-2776