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BA Degree in Leadership & Innovation in Aging Studies {23-24} - End of Life Patient Care

Course Code
NURS 352  Credits
Title End of Life Patient Care 
Course Outline Course Outline 
Description This course addresses the challenges and complexities of palliative and hospice care based on the End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) curriculum. Course modules focus on end-of-life issues such as evidence-based assessment and management of pain and other symptoms, communication, ethics, cultural/spiritual aspects, loss/grief/bereavement, and the final hours. A multidisciplinary approach to palliative care addresses patient- and family-centered care with attention on the physical, psychosocial, spiritual, and emotional needs of terminally ill patients and their family members. Students who successfully complete this course are “ELNEC-trained”.