ECTS

1st Specialization in Oncology

Principles of nursing care as regards continuous care

ECTS Credits	2
Number of Hours (h/year)	30
Teaching staff	ERNOTTE, Marie-Paule
Course Unit	Compulsory
Term	Quad. 1 and 2
Code	PARA-D_SONCO0008/1

Prerequisite	None
Aims and Objectives	To inform and make the students sensitive to the concepts and the philosophy of the continuous and palliative care as well as to the organizations and structures giving medical care. To make sensitive to the global assumption of responsibility of the patients and the close relatives by taking into account their needs and their desires. To make sensitive to interdisciplinary work . To make sensitive to the assumption of responsibility of discomfort symptoms. To give food for thought. This course will consist of theoretical talks, of analysis of clinical cases, practical exercises and personal research and reflexions
Description	General points : Place of death in social life· The history of palliative care· Concepts and philosophy of palliative care· The quality of life Pluridisciplinary team Palliative care Curative care, continuous care, rehabilitation, palliative care, terminal care Structures and organisations Associations as regards palliative care Global assumption Patient’s needs Comfort Symptoms Pain Chronic pain-global pain o Fundamental principles of treatment o Pain assessment o Morphine : administration, side effects, demystification o Device and particular techniques o Transmission of information Other symptoms o Respiratory o Digestive o General :dehydration, cachexia, asthenia,… o Mobility o Unpleasant smells o Mouth care and wound care o Agitation, confusion, anxiety o Affected self image The final stage o Signs showing end of life o The dying’s needs o Five meanings of relational life The nursing role in the psychosocial assumption : psychologist’s role The nursing role in relation with philosophical and spiritual needs The family and closest relatives o Inform, educate, support o Guide through accompaniment o Accompaniment in bereavement o Support structures Integration of knowledge in his unit o Resistance to this kind of approach o Support of the nursing team Cancer patients ‘sexuality o Who do they question ? o Who answers their questions ? How can they be supported ?
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Teaching and Learning Methods	Lectures Clinical cases analysis
Assessment Methods	Oral examinations
Notes	No
Language	French

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