Topic - Care at the end of life in residential aged care facilities
Content
Offering four courses covering care at the end of life and advanced care planning in the state of Queensland.
Care at the end of life:
- Module 1 - Nurturing resilience and fostering self-care as an aged care nurse
- Module 2 - Palliative Care Case Conferences in Residential Aged Care
- Module 3 - Principles of quality terminal care
- Module 4 - End-of-Life Care in RACFs: pharmacological symptom management
Advance Care Planning (ACP):
- Module 1 - Introducing ACP for the people in your care
- Module 2 - Understanding ACP documents commonly used in Queeensland
- Module 3 - Supporting conversations to complete the Statement of Choices document
- Module 4 - Cultural considerations for End-of-Life Care
- Module 5 - Using the PREPARED Framework to support advance care planning conversations
Depth
Basic to Intermediate
Target Audience
Nurses
Time to Complete
15 - 20 minutes per module
Authors
Joint program QLD government, Metro South Health, PHN Brisbane South, CareSearch
Comments
The End of Life care modules are relevant to nurses providing end of life care in all states of Australia. Although the ACP module relates to laws in Queensland the basic principles of ACP are generally applicable
Registration Required
No
Payment Required
No
Student Support
Yes
Certificate
Yes
Country of Origin
Australia
Web Address
https://www.caresearch.com.au/eolcareracf/tabid/4596/Default.aspx
Page updated 11 February 2022