OVERVIEW

A Palliative Approach to Care is organized by Ausmed Education Pty Ltd.

Last updated: 24 Jun 2024
Published: 24 Jun 2024
Due for review: 29 Jun 2027

Description:
Palliative care is an essential practice area that inevitably has a significant impact on patients, their families and healthcare professionals. Approaching palliative care requires high levels of sensitivity, compassion and understanding, which can be particularly challenging for new healthcare professionals, or those who do not specialise in this field to navigate.

This Ausmed Course provides learners with an in-depth exploration of best practices for generalist palliative care and will instil them with the confidence to deliver informed, person and family-centred care in this context.

What you'll learn:

Apply an understanding of the fundamental goals of palliative care to facilitate the delivery of comprehensive care.
Differentiate between the required core competencies of nurses in providing generalist palliative care in comparison to the responsibilities of other roles within the interdisciplinary care team.
Demonstrate proficiency in implementing individualised care plans that prioritise patient values and preferences.
Evaluate how the implementation of holistic patient assessment considerate of cultural, social and spiritual contexts impacts the overall quality of the palliative care experience for the patient.
Utilise effective communication techniques when engaging in sensitive discussions with patients, their families and carers, in order to promote empathy and understanding.
Examine the unique needs of caregivers and the challenges throughout the experience of caring for a patient with a life-limiting condition.

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