Nursing Care of Palliative PatientsLaajuus (2 cr)
Study unit code: ST00CB95
Credits
2 op
Learning outcomes
The student is able to
- analyse their values and ethical and legal perspectives related to the end of life
- use evidence-based information and recommendations in decision-making related to nursing care of palliative care patients
- carry out client-centred care for a patient in palliative care using a multidisciplinary network
- describe and apply different methods of supporting loved ones in palliative nursing
- describe the special features of the pharmacotherapy of palliative patients
- describe the impacts of multiculturalism on facing death
- describe the procedures and principles related to the diagnosis of death
- assess and develop their own capabilities for encountering and helping dying patients and their loved ones