HLTH 7702 Responding to Suffering in Serious Illness, Death, and Dying
This course focuses on improving the quality of life and care for individuals and families living with serious illness and at end of life. Emphasis is placed on recognizing and responding to suffering from an interdisciplinary perspective. Barriers and facilitators of effective care during serious illness, death and dying, such as social determinants of health, family dynamics, spiritual and cultural variations, are explored. Evidence-based interventions and strategies to address, manage, and alleviate physical, psychosocial, spiritual, and existential suffering across the lifespan are discussed. Established palliative care standards are utilized to evaluate outcomes within the context of interdisciplinary care.
Course overview
- Department
- Nursing
- School
- CSON
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Graduate
- Offered
- Every Fall
Catalog details
- Prerequisites
- Open to graduate nursing students. Non nursing graduate students and upper division undergraduate students with permission of TOR.
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.13 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 4.52 / 5 · Excellent
- Terms evaluated
- 4
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | Patricia Tabloski | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 1–3 hrs/week | 18 of 18 |
| Fall 2023 | Patricia Tabloski | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 of 27 |
| Fall 2022 | Patricia Tabloski | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4–6 hrs/week | 18 of 26 |
| Fall 2021 | Patricia Tabloski | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4–6 hrs/week | 8 of 13 |