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Last Updated: 07/10/2024
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Applicable for any nurse looking to learn

Who is this resource for?

This resource is aimed at nurses and nursing support workers across all settings and levels of practice, including students of health, social work and care professions.

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Who is this course for?

This resource is aimed at nurses across all settings and levels of practice, including students of health, social work and care professions.

What will I learn? 

  • how to recognise and act upon the signs of deterioration in a person
  • decision making tools to prepare a person and their families for end of life
  • legislation and ethical frameworks underpinning advanced care planning
  • principles of sensitive communication styles and interpersonal interaction
  • methods of undertaking difficult conversations at end of life
  • how to support the needs of families and carers of the dying person
  • assessing and treating physical and psychological symptoms at the end of life
  • understanding the bereavement support systems in place for families and carers
  • signs of self-anxiety and stress
  • different coping mechanisms
  • advice on developing and apply a range of self-care mechanisms
  • what further psychological support may be required and how to access it.

How to sign up

This course is available for individuals and organisations. To register interest, contact us on the information below

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Ruth Burey - Decision Making at the End of Life

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The programme is delivered virtually and includes:

  • three half days of live virtual delivery
  • three half days of pre-recorded teaching and podcasts
  • wrap-around online learning; discussion forum
  • one to one telephone coaching sessions
  • e-portfolio and a workbook to reflect on learning and skill development
  • up to three experience days to assist with project development as needed by the delegate (optional, to be organised by the participant).

The programme delivery will consider the training needs and organisational responses about the following issues:

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    Critical appraisal and exploration of current healthcare provision and outcomes including the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic; national policy, frameworks and guidance; considering the obstacles and barriers to healthcare equality and ‘parity of esteem’ in the local and national context

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    The individual practitioner’s role in addressing inequalities in access to holistic healthcare, such as the mortality gap for those with serious mental illness (SMI)

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    Considering organisational culture and ways of working in relation to physical and mental healthcare provision, unmet need, service gaps and opportunities for change

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    Opportunities to learn from each other’s experiences and discuss the areas of clinical skills overlap, including self-harm and wound care, assessment of the deteriorating patient and assessment and promotion of mental wellbeing

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    Exploration around the development of responsive services for current and future populations

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