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Courses and Case Studies
The following listing includes courses and case studies developed by the Hartford Institute in collaboration with a panel of geriatric experts, the Oral Health Nursing Education and Practice Initiative (OHNEP) and the NICHE Program. Please visit this page for updated content.
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Foundations Series: Special Populations of Older Adults
The Special Populations of Older Adults course covers the different populations within the broad population of older adults, vulnerabilities and disparities that exist for certain older adult populations, and the role of the gerontological nurse in providing care for these populations.
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Foundations Series: Psychological Issues: The Three Ds: Depression, Dementia and Delirium
The Psychological Issues: The Three D's: Depression, Dementia and Delirium course covers the characteristics of depression, dementia, and delirium, the characteristics of depression and delirium that can mimic dementia, and nursing interventions for depression, dementia, and delirium.
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Foundations Series: Palliative Care
The Palliative Care course covers palliative care for individuals living with serious illness, the differences between hospice care and palliative care, the role of the nurse in advanced care planning, and common symptoms that can be experienced at the end-of-life.
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Foundations Series: Pain
The Pain course for the Gerontological Certification Review Course covers the consequences associated with untreated pain in older adults, standardized assessment tools for measuring pain in older adults, strategies for treating pain in older adults, and side effects that can occur from the treatment of pain in older adults.
HIGN Online Learning Catalog
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