Palliative and End of Life Care Symptom Management
Event overview
- 6 days
- All prices include VAT
Useful information
- Email us
- 020 8768 4656
- How to find us
- Delegate accommodation
- Cancellation policy
Applications
Student Services Centre (SSC), Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King’s College London, James Clerk Maxwell Building, 57 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8WA
Telephone 020 7848 4698
Email nightingale@kcl.ac.uk
For all courses including this one please visit the King’s College London website:
Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care (kcl.ac.uk)
Direct link to this course is here where you will also find contact details.
What will I learn?
This module aims to equip nurses to provide active holistic palliative care to patients with advanced progressive illness. It considers the role of the nurse in symptom management and the provision of physical, psychological, social and spiritual support in order to achieve the best possible quality of life for patients and their families.
Who is it for?
This course has been developed in collaboration with Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King’s College London (KCL) and can be taken as a 15-credit module at either level 6 or level 7. It is suitable for RNs working in any setting. However, it may be more applicable to those specialising in palliative care.
Course tutors
Course Leader: Karen Gillett Lecturer, King’s College London
Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King’s College London, 57 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8WA
Telephone 020 7848 3741
Email karen.gillett@kcl.ac.uk
BSc Programme Lead: Lorraine Robinson Principal Lecturer, King’s College London
What will the course look like?
This module aims to equip nurses to provide active holistic palliative care to patients with advanced progressive illness. It considers the role of the nurse in symptom management and the provision of physical, psychological, social and spiritual support in order to achieve the best possible quality of life for patients and their families.
Teaching is provided by a combination of nurse lecturers from the university and by clinicians from St Christopher’s. It will run over two three-day blocks and will be assessed by a written assignment.
The first three days will be held at KCL, Waterloo Campus, and the remaining three days are held at St Christopher’s Hospice, Sydenham.
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Why our education programme?
We have a well-established programme of high quality, cutting-edge, specialist palliative care education, designed for those working in the UK and internationally.
Why St Christopher’s?
Education is at the heart of St Christopher’s mission to promote and provide hospice care of the highest standards.
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