Variant of CIP 2016 - Primary groupings

Variant of CIP 2016 - Primary groupings
Abbreviations, acronyms and superscripts
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51.3819 - Palliative care nurse/nursing

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares registered nurses to provide a combination of active and compassionate therapies intended to comfort and support patients and their families who are living with life-threatening illness. These programs include courses in pathophysiology, palliative care processes, pain management, pharmacology, loss, grief, death, and bereavement.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • palliative care nurse
    • palliative care nurse practitioner
    • palliative care nursing

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • critical care nursing(51.3814)
    • palliative medicine - residency(60.0525)
    • registered nursing(51.3801)
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