Palliative Care Education Program

Palliative approach courses for enrolled nurses & assistants in nursing

• Palliative approach courses for enrolled nurses and assistants in nursing 
• Week 1 lesson plan 
• Week 2 lesson plan 
• Week 3 lesson plan 
• Week 4 lesson plan 
• Week 1 engaging in professional practice 
• Week 1 orientation to palliative approach 
• Week 1 the dying process what is happening 
• Week 2 case study pain & symptom management 
• Week 2 contribute to symptom management 
• Week 3 end of life & bereavement support 
• Week 3 providing psychological, social, cultural & spiritual support 
• Week 4 palliative approach to the person with dementia 
• Week 4 palliative care in advanced dementia 

Advance care directive - education program

• Advanced health care directive 
• Advanced health care directive & enduring guardian fact sheet 
• Advance health care directive - residential care 
• Advanced health care directive - summary sheet 
• Capacity screening information sheet & checklist 
• Education materials for participants in an interactive session on advance care planning 
• Enduring guardianship 
• Palliative approach brochure 
• Palliative care education 
• Statement sheet - person responsible summary 
• Why a palliative approach in residential aged care 

Division resources

• Aim of palliative care 
• Case study describing planning of a palliative care patient 
• Education strategy 
• Evaluation report for a palliative care education day 
• Nurses education survey 
• Palliative care education notes - caring for a dying person 
• Service agreement - individual 
• Service agreement - organisation