Mar 29, 2024  
Course/Program Inventory 
    
Course/Program Inventory

NRSG 1160 - Nursing Care at the End of Life



Credit hours: 1 (lecture)

Course Description:
This course introduces the nursing student to the care of patients at the end of their lives and utilizes the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) curriculum.  This curriculum incorporates the best practices for quality patient care and combines holistic, humanistic caring with aggressive management of pain and symptoms.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  1. Describe the role of the nurse in providing quality palliative care for patients across the lifespan.
  2. Identify the need for collaboration with interdisciplinary team members while implementing the nursing role in palliative care.
  3. Recognize changes in population demographics, health care economics, and service delivery that necessitate improved professional preparation for palliative care.
  4. Describe the philosophy and principles of hospice and palliative care that can be integrated across settings to facilitate quality care at the end of life.
  5. Discuss aspects of assessing physiological, psychological, spiritual, and social domains of quality of life for patients and families facing a life-threatening illness or event.