Gerontology Nursing Course​

Course Reference Number: CRS-N-0022326

This programme aims to provide registered nurses with the essential knowledge and skills in nursing management of elderly patients with multiple co-morbidities and also empower nurses to participate actively in discharge planning of elderly patients.

At this course, participants will learn to:

• Understand the impact of age related physical and physiologic changes to pathology

• Explain the management of elderly patient with dementia, delirium and depression 

• Outline Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA)

• Discuss the management of incontinence and constipation

• Discuss the role of nurses in fall prevention

• Understand the concepts of frailty

• Discuss the assessment of pain in elderly with cognitive disorders

• Discuss the implications of polypharmacy

• Explain the importance of adequate nutrition and hydration in elderly

• Discuss the available community services for elderly

• Explain the importance of early discharged planning
  

Target Audience

Registered Nurses with minimal 1 year post registration experience

Exclusion Criteria

Advanced Diploma in Nursing (Gerontology)

Dates

6 & 7 February 2020
26 & 27 March 2020
14 & 15 May 2020
04 & 05 June 2020
16 & 17 July 2020
15 & 16 October 2020
18 & 19 March 2021
29 & 30 April 2021
17 & 18 June 2021

Duration

2 Days (8am to 5pm)

Mode of Training

Classroom

Venue

SingHealth Alice Lee Institute of Advanced Nursing

20 College Road, Academia

Singapore 169856

*Course fee is subject to change.
*Funding Validity Period: 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2021

Registration 

Please contact ian@sgh.com.sg for enquiries and registration.

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