New! Certificate In End of Life Care

CARLSBAD, Calif. - July 24, 2013 - PRLog -- ALLEGRA Learning Solutions announces Certificate in End of Life Care

Cyndie Koopsen, RN, BSN, MBA, HNB-BC, RN-BC

Caroline Young, MPH

760-231-9678

allegra@allegralearning.com

__________________________________________

End-of-life care presents health care professionals as well as patients and family members with many challenges and dilemmas. Education in the holistic and integrative care of individuals at the end of life builds on and expands professional competencies and brings healing and transformation.

The Certificate in End-of-Life Care represents a specialization in the field of caring for those who are experiencing a terminal illness. It is designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of individuals who work, or care for, dying patients by providing a multidisciplinary educational experience.  

TOPICS INCLUDE:

•   Cultural Considerations at the End of Life

•   Caregiving at the End of Life

•   Pediatric End of Life Issues

•   Ethical Issues

•   Physiologic Changes at End of Life

•   Pain Assessment and Management at End of Life

•   Hospice and Palliative Care

•   Death, Dying, and Grief

COST: $108

CONTACT HOURS: 18

For more information, visit allegralearning.com

ALLEGRA Learning Solutions is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

About ALLEGRA Learning Solutions

ALLEGRA Learning Solutions (http://www.allegralearning.com) began in 1994 as a developer of over 200 vocational, baccalaureate, and master’s level degree programs for schools and colleges that wanted to enter the new and exciting field of online learning. They quickly expanded, creating over 300 online courses and content for over 1,800 schools and colleges in the United States, customized content for publishers, becoming the authors of two highly successful books, and achieving national accreditations and national endorsements for the quality of their courses and programs.

ALLEGRA Learning Solutions has also designed and developed nationally accredited and nationally endorsed certificate programs in the areas of spirituality and integrative health, as well as nationally accredited programs in complementary and alternative medicine, and gerontology. Their clients and partners include leaders in the publishing, education, and health-care industries. The Co-CEOs, Cyndie Koopsen, RN, BSN, MBA, HNB-BC, RN-BC, and Caroline Young, MPH, have a combined 50 years of extensive clinical, executive, consultative, and administrative experience in developing, implementing, and evaluating educational content and providing accreditation support.