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Post Diploma Certificate: Gerontology and Hospice Palliative Care
POST-DIPLOMA CERTIFICATE
GERONTOLOGY & HOSPICE PALLIATIVE CARE
Post Diploma Certificate: Hospice Palliative Care/Gerontology at MacEwan University combines the skill sets necessary for nursing care of older adults or the terminally ill. Older patients often require complex and specialized care to maintain physical and mental health. Nurses are able to offer their patients increased mobility, improved resilience and independence, and greater peace of mind. Palliative care aspires to relieve the suffering and enhance the quality of life in persons living with acute or chronic illnesses. Nurses assist individuals and their families during losses, death and in the bereavement process.
Credential
Post Graduate Program
Program Length
2 Years
Campus
MacEwan University | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Next Intake
September 2022 and January 2023
Course Structure
ERDW 085 - English
INTD 105 - Interpersonal Skills Development
PSSC 262 - Integration Seminar
PBNS 340 - Health Assessment
NURS 477 - Therapeutic Relations in Specialty Practice
NURS 480 - Conceptualizing Gerontology
NURS 483 - Conceptualizing Hospice Palliative Care
NURS 481 - Optimizing Older Adult Health
NURS 475 - Ethics in Gerontology and Palliative Care
NURS 482 - Dementia Care in the Elderly
NURS 476 - Leadership in Care Management
NURS 478 - Field Project
NURS 484 - Pain Assessment and Management
NURS 485 - Palliative Symptoms
The Course Includes
Tuition, student term fees, mandatory fees of UPASS, photo ID, UPASS (Local Bus Pass ), books, Sports & Wellness, SAMU, health and dental supplemental insurance.
Program Outcomes
The program prepares students for the Canadian healthcare system and creates a solid foundation for future nursing practice. The curriculum is developed using Canadian standard practices, and thus gives our graduates an employment advantage in the career opportunities available following their successful nursing registration in Canada.
Nurses enrolled in the program build increased knowledge and skills in the physical, social, emotional and spiritual domains of palliative care and gerontology. As components of the evidence-based curriculum, students learn core competencies within the nursing specialties of gerontology and palliative care, apply knowledge to clinical situations, develop interpersonal therapeutic relationship and leadership skills, evaluate ethical dilemmas, and manage illness symptoms or grief through appropriate nursing, pharmacological or non-pharmacological interventions. Students receive theoretical and practical knowledge through classroom lectures, discussions, clinical lab practice, and a variety of innovative learning activities.
How to get started with the admission process?
Please Submit the Following at the time of application:
All educational documents
Nursing degree/diploma mark sheets for all years attended and certificates
10th and 12th standard mark sheets
Nursing registration certificate
Passport
IELTS test result form.
About MacEwan University
MacEwan University is a vibrant, innovative educational institution focused on student learning. MacEwan fosters student success and student contributions within local, national and international communities. Teaching and learning are central to the academic endeavour, which is informed and enriched by research and scholarly pursuits of highly engaged faculty and staff. MacEwan strives to exemplify the values of respect, integrity, citizenship and environmental stewardship through teaching, learning, scholarship, research and service.
MacEwan endeavors to enhance our students’ capacity to live well-balanced, productive lives as citizens of our interconnected world. Our links with communities beyond the University - academic and professional, local and international - ensure the relevance of learning activities and enable students to move confidently into the workforce or on to further educational opportunities.
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