Course description

This course will emphasize the importance of initiating and maintaining holistic care measures to promote comfort of the dying person, including mouth care, bathing, personalized meal planning, repositioning, use of mobility aids and creating/maintaining a comfortable environment. Anticipating and managing potential complications using non-pharmacological interventions will be explored.

Course details

Hours: 21
Credits: 2
Prerequisites: PSW1575
Corequisites: None

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Credit transfer

Have you taken this course or an equivalent course? Contact the Credit Transfer Office.

Registration dates

Not all courses are offered each term.

Fall 2024 registration opens July 22, 2024. Winter 2025 registration opens November 4, 2024.

Delivery options

In person: classes held in person on a campus/site in a classroom/lab/shop/studio for the course duration

Online - Asynchronous: ​100% online delivery, no scheduled day or time course requirements with the instructor, assigned due dates

Online - Synchronous: 100% online delivery, scheduled day and time course requirements with the instructor, assigned due dates

Hybrid: any combination of in person, timetabled, on campus, online, and hyflex delivery