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Neurological Disorders: How to Provide Care
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Overview

Duration

4 weeks

Total fee

2,763

Mode of learning

Online

Credential

Certificate

Neurological Disorders: How to Provide Care
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Neurological Disorders: How to Provide Care
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Neurological Disorders: How to Provide Care
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More about this course
  • This four-week course is designed to help take away the concerns over not understanding enough about the diagnosis and help you feel confident to provide the right type of care
  • You'll explore common anxieties associated with a caregiver role and learn how to overcome them including dealing with ethical dilemmas, defusing aggressive behaviour, and navigating difficult discussions such as end-of-life conversations
  • You'll also learn skills such as how to communicate reassuringly and how to help with activities of living such as washing and dressing, eating and drinking, and managing continence
  • You'll increase your understanding of the diagnosis of a degenerative neurological disorder by exploring the fundamentals of brain anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology
  • This course has been developed as a collaborative project between the University of East Anglia School of Health Sciences, and the World Federation of Neuroscience Nurses to help you embrace this dignified, valued, and crucial work with a level of confidence
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Neurological Disorders: How to Provide Care
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FutureLearn 
Curriculum

The Brain, Managing Safety and Comfort, Movement Control

Introduction

The brain

Managing safety and comfort

Movement control

Spotlight on 3 conditions

Breathing and Speaking, Eating and Drinking, Promoting and Managing Continence

Breathing and speaking

Eating and drinking

Promoting and managing continence

Spotlight on 3 conditions

Meaningful Days in Long-Term Care, Sexuality, Sleeping

Meaningful Days in Long-Term Care

Sexuality

Sleeping

Spotlight on 3 conditions

Mental Health, End of Life Planning and Care, Tricky Ethical Decisions

Mental health

End of life planning and care

Tricky ethical decisions

Spotlight on 3 conditions

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