Study Guide

Objective

The student
- applies advanced level knowledge of palliative nursing to the planning, implementation and assessment of the care.

Content

- Patient groups and their special care needs in palliative and end of life care
- Symptom relief treatment, monitoring and assessment of care, evaluation of effectiveness of care and care plan update (treatment of most common symptoms such as pain, invasive special techniques, emergency situations)
- Systematic implementation of palliative care and nursing (drug therapies and non-pharmacological therapies)
- Systematic implementation of end of life care
- Pharmacology and applied pharmacology in palliative care
- The role of consultant and coordinating nurse in palliative and end of life care

Prerequisites

Nursing degree

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student demonstrates competence in the basic content of the course, but there are deficiencies in his/her ability to find and interpret information and to apply the learned content to the context of working life.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student demonstrates good competence in the content of the course. He/she is able to actively search for information and to identify its connection to working life. The student is able to analyse and apply the learned content to the context of working life.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student demonstrates versatile and extensive competence in the content of the
course. He/she has an excellent ability to search for relevant information. The student’s solutions demonstrate independence, responsibility, and skills in guiding others. His/her ability to apply the learned content to the context of working life exhibits creativity and versatility.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The student demonstrates competence in the basic content of the course, but there are deficiencies in his/her ability to find and interpret information and to apply the learned content to the context of working life.

Further information

Recognition of prior learning

The student can apply for the recognition of prior learning and receive an approval for accreditation
for this course if he/she has acted in a key role in digitalisation-related service production or client
projects in social and health care, or in digitalising key processes, and/or has completed universitylevel
studies that correspond to the content of this course.