University of Colorado Boulder - Easing Physical Symptoms: It's Not Just Hospice Anymore
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Easing Physical Symptoms: It's Not Just Hospice Anymore at Coursera Overview
Duration | 14 hours |
Start from | Start Now |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Easing Physical Symptoms: It's Not Just Hospice Anymore at Coursera Highlights
- Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
- 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
- Course 3 of 5 in the Palliative Care: It's Not Just Hospice Anymore Specialization
- Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
- Beginner Level
- Approx. 14 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Russian, English, Spanish
Easing Physical Symptoms: It's Not Just Hospice Anymore at Coursera Course details
- Palliative care provides important support for people living with serious or life-limiting illnesses and their family caregivers. In this course, you will learn to use symptom assessment tools to better understand which symptoms are present and which are most distressing. In subsequent weeks you will learn about some of the most common and distressing symptoms such as anorexia (loss of appetite), dyspnea (shortness of breath), fatigue (weakness), delirium(confusion) and constipation and nausea/vomiting. For each of these symptoms, you will learn about the underlying cause and potential ways to support people and their families to manage the symptoms with simple practical and non-medical approaches as well as a review of medications as appropriate. In addition, you will learn to help people with their emotional response to symptoms and loss of function.
- You will be able to immediately use these insights, skills, and tools in your work with people living with serious illness. In other courses, you will learn communication skills, whole person assessment, how to ease physical pain and explore ways to ease psycho-social-spiritual distress.
Easing Physical Symptoms: It's Not Just Hospice Anymore at Coursera Curriculum
Introduction to Common Symptoms and Anorexia
An Overview of Non-Pain Symptoms
Routine Symptom Assessment
Challenges in Symptom Screening and Assessment
Anorexia and Cachexia
Anorexia Uncovered
Anorexia and Cachexia: Chronic Illness and Dementia
Addressing Concerns About Anorexia
Screening for Anorexia and Weight Loss
What to do? Helping People Eat More
What Else Could Be The Problem?
A Pill That Makes You Eat and Gain Weight
About Us: Palliative Care Specialization Team at CU Anschutz
Easing Physical Symptoms Information
Routine Symptom Assessment
Anorexia and Cachexia
Anorexia and Cachexia: Chronic Illness and Dementia
Screening for Anorexia and Weight Loss
What to do? Helping People Eat More
What Else Could Be The Problem?
A Pill That Makes You Eat and Gain Weight?
Introduction to Common Symptoms and Anorexia Assessment
Dyspnea
Dyspnea: You Take My Breath Away
How It Feels Like To Be Short of Breath?
Managing Dyspnea
Living With Shortness of Breath
A Conversation Between Martha, Elizabeth, and Rhonda
Dyspnea: You Take My Breath Away
Managing Dyspnea
Living With Shortness of Breath
Martha Sturdivant Case Story and Case Study: Background
Dyspnea Assessment
Weakness and Fatigue
Introduction To Fatigue, Weakness, and Asthenia
We All Need To Speak The Same Language About Fatigue
Why Am I So Fatigued?
Polypharmacy
Low Energy
How Bad Is Your Fatigue?
What Can We Do?
Medications For Fatigue
We All Need To Speak The Same Language About Fatigue
Why Am I So Fatigued?
Polypharmacy
Low Energy
How Bad Is Your Fatigue?
What Can We Do?
Medications for Fatigue
Weakness and Fatigue Assessment
Cognitive Impairment
Introduction to Cognitive Impairment
Types of Cognitive Impairment
Normal Aging
Delirium
Near Death Awareness
Caregiver Burden
Final Take Away About Confusion
Types of Cognitive Impairment
Delirium
Near Death Awareness
Caregiver Burden
Types of Cognitive Impairment
Confusion Assessment
Nausea, Vomiting, and Constipation (NVC)
Nausea, Vomiting, and Constipation - Part 1
Nausea, Vomiting, and Constipation - Part 2
What Makes People Vomit?
Treatments for Nausea and Vomiting
Constipation
Nausea and Vomiting
Constipation
Nausea, Vomiting, and Constipation Assessment
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