Specialist-Trained Assistant Nurse in Palliative Care.

Description of the programme's content and goals Professional roles 1 Specialist-trained assistant nurse in palliative care After completing the programme, the student should have knowledge of/in 1. Palliative care philosophy based on the WHO definition and the core values of palliative care 2. Ethics and ethical dilemmas at the end of life 3. Current legislation, ordinances and documentation in accordance with applicable statutes 4. Methods for optimal symptom relief in palliative care 5. The different phases of dying and the specific care at the end of life 6. Behaviour, approach and professional conduct; understanding of and respect for the differences between care recipients, next of kin and caregivers 7. Physical, psychological, social and existential needs in connection with serious illness and death 8. Different cultures and cultural differences and how these can affect care 9. Knowledge management in care with a focus on quality registers, national knowledge support and care programmes 10. Grief and crisis processing 11. Support for next of kin and caring conversations 12. Communication, conversation and supervision methodology, and pedagogy and rhetoric 13. The specialist assistant nurse's role and responsibility in team-based work. After completing the programme, the student should have the skills to 1. Professionally provide care at the end of life based on the needs and wishes of the care recipient and next of kin, working in a person-centred way 2. Meet and support people in crisis 3. Communicate with people of different ethical and cultural backgrounds 4. Evaluate the effect of different nursing interventions 5. Supervise colleagues in nursing interventions 6. Discuss issues from a multidimensional perspective 7. Collaborate, plan and carry out development measures in palliative care 8. Collaborate with care recipients and next of kin for good nursing care and see and meet their need for advice and support 9. Document in accordance with current legislation After completing the programme, the student should have the competence to 1. Assess, plan, carry out and follow up nursing care with the aim of preserving quality of life 2. Identify and handle different ethical issues and dilemmas 3. Identify needs and use methods and tools for symptom relief 4. Take responsibility for supervising and teaching care staff in the specialist area 5. Initiate and lead development work 6. Understand the specialist assistant nurse's specific role in the palliative care team 7. Act as a resource person for caregivers, the patient and next of kin 8. Discuss and take a position on different ethical dilemmas in palliative care