This course has been commissioned by the Department of Health for registered nurses. It is aimed at nurses working with adults and children. Due to the current pressures on the Health and Social Care Trusts this course has been postponed until Summer 2021.
The course is appropriate for nurses (band 6 and above) whose role entails having difficult or challenging conversations with patients and those important to them.
To be Confirmed.
9.00 am -5.00 pm
Northern Ireland Hospice, Education & Research Department, 74 Somerton Road, Belfast
Academic staff, Northern Ireland Hospice
To enhance participant core communication skills by growing awareness of their own communication skills, and by enabling practitioners to safely test strategies to improve communication with patients, relatives and colleagues.
This inter-active workshop will use experiential learning methods including role play with actors to:
Each participant will be required to undertake a role play based on a previous encounter with a person, relative or colleague. This will be video recorded and reviewed to enhance participant learning.
Due to the focus and reflective nature of this course, practitioners are advised to contact the course facilitator if they have had a significant trauma or bereavement in the last 6-9 months.
For further information about the course, please contact Anne Rogan via email at anne.rogan@nihospice.org or telephone 028 90781836