DY01

Palliative care – an introduction

Care staff

3 hours

• Understand the holistic needs of the dying client
• Common symptom control and strategies to promote comfort and dignity in the last few days of life

15

DY02

Palliative Care (to include communication skills workshop)

All levels of staff

1 day

• Understand the holistic needs of the dying client
• Common symptom control and strategies to promote comfort and dignity in the last few days of life
• Gain an insight into communication skills in caring for terminally ill clients and their family

15

DY07

Symptom control in Palliative care and the management of syringe drivers

Qualified Nurses

1 day

• Concepts of pain and assessing a client using the pain ladder
• Assessing your client’s need for a Syringe Driver
• Drugs commonly used in a Syringe Driver
• Setting up a Syringe Driver practical workshop
• Managing common symptoms
• Malnutrition in palliative care
• Nausea and sickness
• Managing breathlessness

• The Mental Capacity Act and advanced directives

15

DY04

Pain management and the use of syringe drivers (to include practical workshop)

Qualified nurses

4 hours

• The goals of palliative care

• Understand the rationale for using syringe drivers, common drug regimes, trouble shooting and accountability of staff Practical workshop

15

DY05

Bereavement and unexpected death

All levels of staff

5 hours

• Provide participants with a basic understanding of bereavement, loss and grief
• Basic knowledge of common grief theories and the physical and social implications of grief
• Personal loss, helping the bereaved
• An insight into unexpected death, post traumatic stress and how to support staff

15

DY06

Confirmation of expected death

Qualified nurses

4 hours

• Provide candidates with the training and skills required to determine expected death
• Knowledge of the legal requirements of recording a fact of death
• The clinical examination following expected death including fundi, pupils, and chest
• How to exclude any chance of suspicion
• Your legal and professional responsibilities, as well as how to correctly record a fact of death and how to communicate the loss with the bereaved

This course has both a theoretical and practical element; therefore candidates should already be familiar in performing a physical examination of a client prior to attending.

15