Global Directory of Educational Programs in Palliative Care

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Course affiliated with (name of Organization/University) New York University
Country United States of America
State New York
City New York
Address 433 First Avenue New York, NY 10010
The program leads an official or formal degree? Yes
Degrees
  • Post Graduate Certificate
Target audiences
  • Nurses
Fields
  • Nursing
Languages
  • English
Frequency More than once per year
Length 2 years
Modalities
  • Bedside teaching
  • Classroom
Cost of full tuition and fees Same rate/cost for all
Director Dr. Dorothy Wholihan, Program Director
Website https://nursing.nyu.edu/academics/advanced-certificate/palliative-care
Contact name Dr. Dorothy Wholihan, Program Director
Learning objectives 1 To assist patients and families to identify their goals of care and match treatment to meet these goals, while emphasizing physical, emotional, and spiritual symptom management.
Learning objectives 2 To provide care to diverse patient populations of all ages, across all clinical settings, including acute, primary, long-term, mental health, and community care settings.
Learning objectives 3 To optimize quality of life in patients with advanced illness.
Description The palliative care specialty can be added to any population nurse practitioner program. The scope of practice of the palliative care pP provides care to diverse patient populations of all ages, across all clinical settings, including acute, primary, long-term, mental health, and community care settings.
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Last update: April 25, 2024


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