Topic

Supporting carers to manage breakthrough symptoms – health professional training

Content

The caring@home online education modules are intended for use by registered nurses to teach them about training carers to use subcutaneous medicines to manage breakthrough symptoms.

Depth

Intermediate

Target audience

Registered Nurses

Authors

Brisbane South Palliative Care Collaborative

Comments

The caring@home resources support community-based services to improve symptom control by integrating carers into the multidisciplinary team and supporting them to help manage breakthrough symptoms safely using subcutaneous medicines. In addition to resources to support nurse training of carers, educational resources and information are provided for General practitioners, nurse practitioners, community pharmacists and allied health professionals to support carers in this role.

Registration required

No

Payment required

No

Student support

No

Certificate

No

Country of origin

Australia

Web address

https://www.caringathomeproject.com.au/​tabid/4877/Default.aspx

Last updated 13 August 2021