Topic

Palliative care and advance care planning for general practice nurses.

Content

Concepts covered in this course include:

  • Initiating palliative care and advance care planning discussions in general practice in a routine and sensitive way
  • Nurse-facilitated screening of patients and their carers to efficiently address patients’ and carers’ needs
  • Developing skills to use the Advance Project screening and assessment tools.

Depth

 Intermediate / Advanced

Time to complete

2-3 hours

Target audience

General practice nurses

Authors

The Advance Project

Comments

The Advance Project offers a range of learning options for general practice nurses to develop their knowledge of, and skills in using, screening tools to support the provision of palliative care and advance care planning in everyday general practice.

This online training activity for general practice nurses has been endorsed by the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA) according to approved quality standards criteria.

Completion of this eLearning courses may entitle eligible participants to claim CPD points/hours.

Registration required

Yes

Payment required

No

Student support

Yes

Certificate

Yes

Country of origin

Australia

Web Address

https://www.theadvanceproject.com.au/Education-Training/General-Practice-Training/General-Practice-Nurses

Last updated 27 February 2024