This course will enroll you onto these three Clinical courses.
Hospice Palliative Care
This introductory palliative care course will assist participants to provide integrate a palliative approach into care delivery. Participants will better understand the principles and practices of hospice and palliative care, how to address physical comfort, provide psychosocial and spiritual care. In addition participants will gain comfort in dealing with clients and families grief and bereavement and caring in the last days and hours of life. This course is appropriate for nurses caring for palliative and end of life clients.
Wound Management
This introductory wound care course will assist participants to gain knowledge related to evidence based practices in wound care, including how to assess and manage wounds. Participants will also gain knowledge specific to skin health, wound etiologies, pressure ulcer prevention, nutrition, venous and arterial wounds, psychosocial considerations and documentation.
Home Health Nursing
This course will introduce nurses to home health care in Canada, including a review of the community health nurses professional practice model, standards of practice for community health nurses and home health nursing competencies. Participants will also gain knowledge specific to concepts related to home health nursing such as the principles of primary health, determinants of health, evidence informed practice, therapeutic relationships, quality, risk and ethics.
