Certificate in End of Life Care
When you work in end of life care, you must be prepared for the challenges it brings you, your patients, and their families. This course will enhance the knowledge and skills of health care professionals and individuals who work with or care for those experiencing a terminal illness.
Program Overview
End-of-life care presents health care professionals as well as patients and family members with many challenges and dilemmas. Education in the holistic and integrative care of individuals at the end of life builds on and expands professional competencies and brings healing and transformation.
The Certificate in End-of-Life Issues represents a specialization in the field of caring for those who are experiencing a terminal illness. It is designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of individuals who work with dying patients by providing a multidisciplinary educational experience. Topics include ethical issues, hospice and palliative care, pain assessment and management, physiologic changes, death, dying, and grief, cultural considerations, pediatric care, and caregiving at the end of life.
The outcome of this certificate is for the learner to explain key elements of end-of-life management for family members, caregivers, and those who are experiencing a terminal illness.
Duration
Approximately 19 hours
Up to 6 weeks to complete courseworkEstimated Tuition
$135
No additional materials requiredWays to Learn
Credit
1.9 CEUs
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What you will learn
- Describe family and caregiver issues, patient's rights, ethical principles, and integrative health methods during end of life care
- Identify specific cultural influences at the end of life
Discuss pain assessment and management for clients of all ages during end-of-life care - Examine the physiologic changes in body systems associated with the end of life
- Describe the tools necessary to make ethical decisions for clients at the end of their lives
- Examine the epidemiology of pediatric death and care of the dying child
- Discuss issues related to organ donation and tissue procurement at the end of life
How you will benefit
- Learn how to support families and patients at the end of life in ways that care for their psychological, physical, social, and spiritual needs while maintaining comfort, choices, and quality of life
- Build knowledge and competencies needed to advance your career and enhance your professional marketability with training and knowledge specific to the topics covered
- Develop an interdisciplinary, integrative, and culturally sensitive approach to end-of-life care
- Fulfill continuing education and/or national certification requirements
Program Details
Choose from two
instruction types:
Self-Guided – 3 months of access, no instructor. Start anytime upon enrollment.
or
Instructor-Moderated – 6 weeks of access, study online with instructor-moderated discussion boards.
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.
Please note: You may be eligible for tuition reimbursement, check with your employer to see if you qualify.