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Center for Curriculum and Transfer Articulation
Death, Grief, and Bereavement
Course: NCE255

First Term: 2001 Fall
 Lecture   2 Credit(s)   2 Period(s)   2 Load  
Subject Type: Occupational
Load Formula: S


Description: Grief and bereavement care for the client and family. Ethical and cultural issues in terminal care, children and death, AIDS related death issues, suicide, homicide and survivor interventions



MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. Identify attitudes and coping patterns of the dying client. (I)
2. Describe professional interventions of the health care professional in the hospital and hospice settings. (I, II)
3. Describe children`s concept of death and list coping interventions for the family and caregivers. (III)
4. Describe the impact of suicide and/or homicide upon the survivors and health care professionals. (IV)
5. Describe the socio-cultural, spiritual, and ethical issues related to death. (V, VI)
6. Describe coping mechanisms and bereavement support of the health care provider. (VII)
7. Describe the final components of the death process related to physical changes and death rituals. (VIII)
MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.
 
MCCCD Official Course Outline
I. Death and the process of dying
   A. Attitudes and perceptions - client
   B. Coping patterns
      1. Dying
      2. Bereaved
II. Terminal illness and intervention
   A. Terminal disease states
      1. Cancer
      2. Chronic illness
      3. HIV and AIDS related deaths
      4. Other
   B. Professional interventions
III. Children and death
   A. Dying child
   B. Infant death
      1. Traumatic
      2. SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)
   C. Interventions
      1. Family
      2. Staff
IV. Suicide and violent deaths
   A. Suicide
      1. Theories
      2. Prevention
   B. Homicide
   C. Impact
      1. Survivors
      2. Health care professionals
V. Socio-cultural and spiritual issues of death
   A. Death beliefs and practices
      1. Native American
      2. Asian American
      3. African American
      4. Hispanic American
   B. Spiritual
      1. Christianity
      2. Judaism
      3. Islam
      4. Hinduism
      5. Buddhism
   C. After death experiences
VI. Ethical issues of death
   A. Euthanasia
   B. Legal implications
      1. Advance directives
      2. Abortions
VII. Grief and bereavement - health care provider
   A. Personal coping skills
   B. Grieving and healing
      1. Crisis support
      2. Bereavement counseling
VIII. Finalization of the death process
   A. Physical changes after death
   B. Organ donation
   C. Funeral practices
      1. Cremation
      2. Traditional
      3. Alternative burials
 
MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: 5/22/2001

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