Palliative Care Nursing Education

Our flagship programme, the Specialist Diploma in Palliative Care Nursing (SDPCN), co-run by Ngee Ann Polytechnic and Dover Park Hospice. Since its inception in 2012, over 300 nurses have been trained and equipped with palliative care expertise, increasing the accessibility and standard of palliative care across Singapore.

Objective: To empower nurses with specialist palliative nursing knowledge.

Modules:

Common Cancers
Pain & Symptom Management
Palliative Care in Non-Cancer Illness
Communication & Psychosocial Skills
History Taking & Physical Assessment
Emergencies in Oncology/Palliative Care
Clinical Nursing Skills & Complementary Therapy
Clinical Consolidation

If you are interested in the programme, click here to apply.

The Advanced Diploma in Palliative Care will be launched in 2025. It is an enhanced step up programme to the SDPCN, allowing nurses to have an advanced diploma certificate. Students with the SDPCN can offset some modules to complete the course.

Modules

Applied Pathophysiology and Pharmacology
Health Assessment & Clinical Decision Making
Evidence-Based Practice
Principles and Practice of Palliative Care
Serious Illness Management
Symptom Management in Serious Illness
Communication and Psychosocial Skills
Advanced Clinical Practicum in Palliative Care Nursing 1, 2 and 3

Further details to be released later.