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Palliative Care (Minor)

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Palliative Care (Minor)

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Upon completion of the Palliative Care Minor, students will be able to:

  1. Utilize the nursing process to provide effective palliative/hospice care, incorporating the Marianist value of service, justice, and peace.
  2. Apply leadership and communication skills to ensure quality, collaborative, and continuous palliative/hospice care for seriously ill patients.
  3. Integrate evidence-based research, clinical expertise, client preferences, and social determinants of health to provide culturally-competent palliative care.
  4. Incorporate informatics and healthcare technologies into palliative/hospice nursing practice.
  5. Contribute to safety and quality improvement of the palliative/hospice care environment.
Minor Requirements
  • NUR 361 Exploring Palliative Care
  • NUR 362 Physical & Psychological Dimensions of Palliative Care
  • NUR 363 Social, Spiritual, Cultural, Ethical & Legal Dimensions of Palliative Care
  • NUR 364 Current Issues, Challenges & Opportunities in Palliative Care
  • NUR 365 Clinical Practicum in Palliative or Hospice Care

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