| Course affiliated with (name of Organization/University) | University Health Network - de Souza Institute |
| Country | Canada |
| State | Ontario |
| City | Toronto |
| Address | 222 St. Patrick Street, Toronto, ON M5T 1V4 |
| The program leads an official or formal degree? | No |
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| Frequency | More than once per year |
| Length | 3 months |
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| Cost of full tuition and fees | Subsidized for selected applicants/regions |
| Director | Jiahui Wong |
| Website | https://my.desouzainstitute.com/external/courses/view/1179 |
| Contact name | de Souza Institute Support |
| Phone | 1-844-758-6891 |
| Learning objectives 1 | Articulate the unique and primary responsibility of the hospice palliative care nurse to advocate for a persons’ right to maintain his/her quality of life and describe how to support an individual and their family to experience a dignified and comfortable death. |
| Learning objectives 2 | Identify how to collaborate with members of an interprofessional team to meet the physical, psychosocial and spiritual needs of the person and his/her family living with life-limiting illness. |
| Learning objectives 3 | Describe the implementation of a comprehensive, coordinated care plan that emphasizes compassionate whole-person care, including the developmental continuum (infancy to geriatrics) from the diagnosis of a life-limiting illness until death of the person and bereavement for the family |
| Description | The de Souza Hospice Palliative Care Study Group offers preparatory work to assist independent adult learners as they study to write the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) Hospice Palliative Care exam. Participants will examine theories and concepts in order to achieve specific competencies as outlined in the CNA exam study guide blueprint. Based on this blueprint, the exam content consists of competencies of a fully competent practicing hospice palliative care nurse with at least two years of experience. |
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