Healthcare: Palliative Care

Credit Option
Non credit
Program Type
Certificate
Location
Online

This certificate program will prepare you to provide high-quality, evidence-based palliative care to individuals across the adult lifespan and in all settings, as part of an interdisciplinary team.

The program is offered exclusively to registered nurses (RNs and APRNs).

This program is especially valuable to registered nurses (RNs) and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) seeking the knowledge and skills to provide medical care and emotional support that manages symptoms, relieves pain and discomfort and improves quality of life for patients with life-threatening or terminal illnesses.

The program consists of a series of two-week, online workshops, led by experts in this field. Each workshop will require approximately six hours of work per week, which must be completed during the week of the workshop. You and your instructors and classmates will interact asynchronously — so there are no required class meetings on specific days and times.

The College of Continuing and Professional Studies (CPCS) will issue a digital Certificate of Completion for all participants who complete all required workshops for the entire certificate. Also, Digital Badges will be issued by CPCS for completion of any individual workshops.

In addition to the CPCS Certificates/Badges, The College of Nursing and Public Health will issue Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credit for all individual workshops. The program is offered exclusively to registered nurses (RNs and APRNs).  Participants will earn up to 42 Continuing Education Units through Adelphi University’s College of Nursing and Public Health, an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Northeast Multistate Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

In order to satisfactorily complete any workshop, it is required that all assignments, discussions, etc. must be completed by the due date indicated by the instructors of each workshop.

In order to earn a certificate, you must complete a minimum of any six of the seven workshops offered during the dates of the program (though you are welcome to complete all seven). The last two workshops in the program are separate tracks designed for RNs and APRNs, respectively. 

Program Dates

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Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this certificate program, the participant will be able to describe, analyze and apply principles of palliative care as part of an interdisciplinary team.

Adelphi University College of Nursing and Public Health is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Northeast Multistate Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Each course is approved for 6 contact hours.  The presenters and planners have disclosed no conflict of interest.  This program has received no commercial support.  To receive contact hours, the learner must attend the entire program and complete program evaluation form.  Partial credit will not be given. 

Who can benefit

This certificate program prepares RNs and APRNs to provide high-quality, evidence-based palliative care to individuals across the adult lifespan and in all settings, as part of an interdisciplinary team.

This program is especially valuable to those seeking the knowledge and skills to provide the medical care and emotional support that manages symptoms, relieves pain and discomfort and improves quality of life for patients with life-threatening or terminal illnesses.

  • Registered nurses
  • Nurse practitioners
  • Nurse midwives
  • Nurse anesthetists
  • Clinical nurse specialists

Participants will earn 6 Continuing Education Units upon completion of each workshop through Adelphi University’s College of Nursing and Public Health, an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Northeast Multistate Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

The program consists of a series of two-week, online workshops, led by experts in this field.

Each workshop will require approximately six hours of work which must be completed during the week of the workshop.

You, your instructors and classmates will interact asynchronously — so there are no required class meetings on specific days and times.

Upon completion, in addition to CEU’s, you will be awarded a digital certificate that you can add to your résumé or social media.

Cost

The cost of the entire certificate is $1,495.

Individual workshops can be taken at a cost of $249.00 each, but will not count towards the certificate, and will instead earn a digital badge. If you wish to earn the certificate, you must apply and register for the certificate program.

Adelphi alumni or any student who registers at least 30 days before the start of a workshop will receive a 15% discount.

Workshops

Each workshop will require approximately six hours of work which must be completed during the week of the workshop.

You, your instructors and classmates will interact asynchronously — so there are no required class meetings on specific days and times.

Introduction to Palliative Care (Core Workshop)

This workshop provides you with an overview of palliative care. You will learn the history and philosophy of such care, as well as its various models and core concepts. You will also explore the role of the nurse as a member of the interdisciplinary palliative care team.

Chronic Disease and Palliative Care I (Core Workshop)

This workshop provides students with the knowledge and skills to provide person centered palliative care to patients with chronic and serious illnesses. You will examine the common trajectories of serious illnesses including cardiac, pulmonary, COVID-19, neurodegenerative diseases and psychiatric diseases. You will also explore psychological, spiritual, social, ethical and legal aspects of care, as well as advanced care planning.

Chronic Disease and Palliative Care II (Core Workshop)

This workshop provides students with the knowledge and skills to provide person-centered palliative care to patients with chronic and serious illnesses. You will examine the common trajectories of serious illnesses, including gastrointestinal (GI), renal, liver diseases, cancer and frailty. You will also explore psychological, spiritual, social, ethical and legal aspects of care, as well as advanced care planning.

Communication Skills for Palliative Care (Core Workshop)

With this workshop, you will gain the skills to navigate difficult conversations and share serious news with patients and their families. You will also develop communication strategies for shared and informed decision making with patients and families, as well as the critical skills necessary for effective communication with the interdisciplinary care team.

Caring for the Patient Nearing End of Life (Core Workshop)

This workshop enables you to develop the core skills necessary to provide competent, compassionate and culturally sensitive care for patients nearing end of life and their families. You will learn strategies to assist the patient, family, informal caregivers and professional colleagues in coping with and building resistance for dealing with suffering, grief, loss and bereavement associated with serious illness. Additionally, you will explore Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) and advanced care planning.

Pain Assessment and Management of Adult Across the Lifespan (for RNs)

This workshop provides you, as a registered nurse, with the essential palliative care skills necessary to assess and manage pain in adults with serious illnesses. With the goal of improving physical well-being, functionality and quality of life, you will identify validated symptom and functional assessment tools, treatment policies, standards and guidelines appropriate to the care of adults.

Pain Assessment and Management of Adult Across the Lifespan (for APRNs)

With this workshop, you, as an advanced practice registered nurse, will gain the essential palliative care skills needed to assess and manage pain in adults with serious illnesses. As an APRN, you will also learn pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions for pain management, as well as the application of evidence-based principles in prescribing and de-prescribing medications, ordering diagnostic tests and recommending treatments. With the goal of improving physical well-being, functionality, and quality of life, you will learn to identify validated pain assessment tools, treatment policies, standards and guidelines appropriate to adult care.

Symptom Assessment and Management of Adult Across the Lifespan (for RNs)

This workshop prepares you, as a registered nurse, with the essential palliative care skills necessary to assess and manage complex symptoms in a coordinated and comprehensive manner in adults with serious illnesses. With the goal of improving physical well-being, functionality and quality of life, you will identify validated symptom and functional assessment tools, treatment policies, standards and guidelines appropriate to adult care.

Symptom Assessment and Management of Adult Across the Lifespan (for APRNs)

This workshop provides you, as an advanced practice registered nurse, with the essential palliative care skills necessary to assess and manage complex symptoms in a coordinated and comprehensive manner in adults having serious illnesses. As an APRN, you will also learn pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions for management of symptoms such as fatigue and nausea, as well as the application of evidence-based principles in prescribing and de-prescribing medications, ordering diagnostic tests and recommending treatments. With the goal of improving physical well-being, functionality and quality of life; you will identify validated symptom assessment tools, treatment policies, standards and guidelines appropriate to the care of adults.

Credentialling Information

Adelphi University College of Nursing and Public Health is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Northeast Multistate Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Each course is approved for 6 contact hours. The presenters and planners have disclosed no conflict of interest. This program has received no commercial support.  To receive contact hours, the learner must attend the entire program and complete the program evaluation form. Partial credit will not be given.

Upon completion, in addition to CEU’s, you will be awarded a digital certificate that you can add to your résumé or social media.

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