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Promoting person-centred care at the end of life

Author: Sara Stevenson-Baker

Duration: 2 hours Last updated: 2024 Quality Assurance: Peer-reviewed Level: Students, Qualified nurses Language: English

Course description

This module explores the concept of person-centred care in the context of providing end of life care to patients and their families. It explains the benefits and barriers to providing person-centred end of life care, and outlines some of the areas that nurses and other healthcare professionals need to consider to promote effective care.


Learning aims and intended outcomes

After completing this module and the time out activities you should be able to:

  • Understand what is meant by person-centred care in the end of life context.
  • Recognise the importance of providing person-centred end of life care.
  • Identify some of the challenges and barriers to delivering effective person-centred end of life care.
  • Consider how nurses and other healthcare professionals can promote person-centred end of life care for patients and their families.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • What is person-centred end of life care?
  • Why is person-centred end of life care important?
  • Barriers to person-centred end of life care
  • How to provide effective person-centred end of life care
  • Conclusion

Author

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Sara Stevenson-Baker
Lecturer in adult nursing education, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care, King's College London, England.

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Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • What is person-centred end of life care?
  • Why is person-centred end of life care important?
  • Barriers to person-centred end of life care
  • How to provide effective person-centred end of life care
  • Conclusion

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