Course Code: REL-PAC-ELNEC-GMSSAM2
Hours: 1.25
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2024
Learning Objectives:
Identify common syndromes and symptoms that necessitate palliative care approaches in the care of older adults.
Identify potential causes and the assessment of syndromes and symptoms in palliative care.
Describe interventions that can prevent or palliate syndromes and symptoms in older adults who require palliative care.
Describe the role of nurses and interdisciplinary team members in the care of older adults who require palliative care.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Constipation and Diarrhea
Constipation
Diarrhea
Review
Summary
Section 3: Nausea, Vomiting, Anorexia, and Cachexia
Anorexia and Cachexia
Review
Summary
Section 4: Fatigue
Definition
Assessment
Treatment
Review
Summary
Section 5: Wounds
Definition
Pressure Injuries
Assessment
Treatment
Skin Changes at Life’s End (SCALE)
Review
Summary
Section 6: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributors
Resources
References
Instructor: ELNEC Geriatric 2021
The content for this course was revised by Carol O. Long, PhD, RN, FPCN, FAAN.
Dr. Carol O. Long is a national expert in community-based healthcare and has assumed varied nursing and consulting positions in research and education. Dr. Long has numerous articles, monographs, book chapters, and books related to community-based care, end-of-life care, hospice, and pain management. She has presented end-of-life and palliative care for advanced dementia training nationally and internationally. Her research centers on outcome indicators in advanced dementia care and staff knowledge and attitudes relative to palliative care interventions. Dr. Long has been an ELNEC (End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium) trainer since the course’s inception. She is a Fellow in the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association and the American Academy of Nursing. Dr. Long is a Transcultural Nursing Scholar with the Transcultural Nursing Society of America. She holds a BSN from Marquette University, an MS from the University of Michigan and PhD at Arizona State University.
The content for this course was created by The ELNEC Project Team.
The ELNEC Project, which began in 2000, is a collaboration between the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), Washington, DC and the City of Hope, Duarte, CA. For more information about ELNEC, go to www.aacnnursing.org/ELNEC.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Nurses; in the following settings: Hospice, Palliative Care.
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.