Course Description
Serious illness presents unique challenges and requires specialized care. Explore key palliative and hospice care principles to enhance quality of life and provide compassionate support for patients and families.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of the course, the learner will be able to:
- Define palliative care and hospice care.
- Discuss key palliative and hospice care principles.
Intended Audience
This educational activity was developed for nurses and healthcare professionals.
Course Information
This is a microlearning course. Microlearning is an approach to learning new information in small segments of 3-15 minutes in length. This course is mobile-friendly!
There is no CE associated with this course. A certificate of completion is awarded, but no contact hours are awarded.
Course Authors
This course was written by Brenda Kozak, DNP, MSN, RN, CNE.
Brenda is a certified nurse educator with over 25 years of clinical experience. She earned her Doctorate in Nursing Practice and a Master of Science in Nursing focusing on education.