Developing meaningful learning experiences in palliative care nursing education.

Full Abstract

To help nurses develop effective clinical decision-making skills, it is essential that palliative care education includes opportunities for undergraduate and practicing nurses to develop cognitive skills in addressing real-life clinical problems. This article describes the learning experiences within an elective nursing course designed to strengthen the clinical decision-making skills of students in the context of palliative care and interprofessional practice. A description of the course context, major learning assignment and evaluation rubic, and reflections on the learning process in terms of clinical decision-making and interprofessional practice provides an example of how meaningful learning opportunities can be used to prepare nurses for the challenges they will face as collaborative team members in their palliative clinical practice.

Author information

Author/s: Brajtman, Susan (S); Higuchi, Kathryn (K); Murray, Mary Ann (MA);

Affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Ottawa, Canada. brajtman(-atsign-)uottawa.ca

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Review

Journal: International journal of palliative nursing (Int J Palliat Nurs), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Jul; vol 15 (issue 7) : pp 327-31

Dates: Created 2009/08/03; Completed 2009/10/28;

PMID: 19648847, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 10/28/2009, IMS Date: )

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