PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF DEATH & DYING

Bachelors Degree in Grief Counseling & Bereavement Education

GRF 200

Breyer State University

Instructor:

Dominick L. Flarey, Ph.D, DCH, RN, CS, CH-C
Certified Adult Nurse Practitioner
Certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse
Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist
Certified Grief Counselor

SYLLABUS

COURSE OVERVIEW: Welcome to the Bachelor's degree program in Grief Counseling & Bereavement Education offered by Breyer State University. You have made a wise decision to pursue study and acquire the knowledge and skills needed to practice in this growing health care and behavioral health specialty. This area of specialty practice is growing all the time and many health care professionals and behavioral health practitioners and professionals are using their skills to practice full or part time in this area. This practice specialty grows more important each day and many graduates of our program will have opportunities to practice in grief counseling roles. Obtaining the credential from a quality program is essential to capitalize on this career opportunity. You have made an excellent choice for your continuing education and skill attainment. I am sure you will be pleased with our degree program's course of study.

This comprehensive college-based course is developed to provide learners with an understanding of the major psychosocial issues related to death and dying, and skills in grief counseling. This course is a foundational course in the degree curriculum.

TIME FRAME: This is a six-semester hour course. This course is allotted ten weeks of time. You must complete all of the requirements for the course successfully by the end of the ten-week period. The first day of week one will begin the day that you register for the course, or the day which you notify me that your textbook has arrived and you are ready to begin your studies. Please be cognizant of the time frame. It is rare that extensions of time are permitted, unless you have good justification. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be awarded six-semester hours of credit.

TEXTBOOKS: There is one (1) required textbook for this course.

Book 1: The Psychosocial Aspects of Death and Dying. By John D. Canine. Appleton & Lange; Stamford: 1996. ISBN # 0-8385-9098-X.

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EXAMINATIONS: Examinations are taken online via the Breyer State University website. Once you have registered for this program, you will receive instructions on accessing and taking the examinations. There is one comprehensive examination for this course, and a written project assignment.

Written Assignments: besides reading assignments and examinations, there is also one written project assignment for this course. Full information is provided inside the online classroom.

GRADING: Examinations are objective type or short answer. The number of questions per examination varies. The grading scale is:

90-100%    = A
80-89%      = B
70-79%      = C
Below 70% = Fail

COMMUNICATION: You are encouraged to communicate with me. I am available as a teacher, coach, and mentor to assist you in meeting your goals for this course. Primarily, communication is through email. However, I am also available for conversation by telephone. Our classroom for this course has a "chat" room. I am also very willing to meet with you one-on-one in the chat room at your request. From time to time, depending on how many students are enrolled in this course at a particular time, we will have some scheduled group chats. You will receive more detailed information at the time such chat sessions are scheduled.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR: Dominick L. Flarey, Ph.D., MBA, RN,CS, CNAA, FACHE, is President of Dominick L. Flarey and Associates, a health care consulting and education firm, located in northeast Ohio. He has held positions as a certified nurse practitioner, associate administrator of patient care, chief operating office and administrator in acute care hospitals. He is Dean of Nursing and Alternative Health Care Programs at Canyon College, and lectures for Cross Country Seminars national seminar company based in Nashville. He was an executive consultant to a national "big 6" accounting firm's health care practice and was a service line administrator and consultant for case management for another national consulting firm. He holds a BSN, an MBA, and Doctorates in nursing administration and management. He is a certified adult nurse practitioner and certified clinical hypnotherapist.

He is also certified as a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse by the American Nurses Credentialing Center in Washington, DC. He lectures extensively across the country on Management, including models, systems, outcomes and legal/ethical issues. He also lectures nationally on the topic of Biopsychiatry. His clinical practice includes hypnotherapy's for Grief and Bereavement, care of adults with depression, anxiety disorders and panic disorder. He uses hypnotherapy's, guided meditation and visualization in his work with those grieving. He is the President of Breyer State University.

He is co-author/editor of two textbooks on Case Management (see below) and is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal, "Nursing Case Management: Managing the Process of Patient Care."

Dr. Flarey is also certified in nursing administration advanced. He is a board certified health care executive by the American College of Healthcare Executives, and is a Fellow in the college. He also holds national certification in managed care from the Professional Education Institute. He is a Certified Medical-Legal Consultant.

He is editor-in-chief of JONA's (Journal of Nursing Administration) Healthcare Law, Ethics, and Regulation. He is a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Nursing Administration, Seminars for Nurse Managers, Case Management: Managing the Process of Patient Care, and Nursing Outcomes. He has authored over 50 published articles in peer-reviewed journals.

Dr. Flarey is editor/author of the book, "Redesigning Nursing Care Delivery: Transforming Our Future," published by Lippincott/Raven publishers. He is also co-editor/author of the following books by Aspen Publishers: "Reengineering Nursing and Health Care: The Handbook for Organizational Transformation," winner of a 1995 AJN book of the year award, "The Handbook of Nursing Case Management: Health Care Delivery in a World of Managed Care," "Case Studies in Case Management," "Health Care Outcomes: Collaborative, Path-Based Approaches," and "Cardiovascular Outcomes: Collaborative, Path-Based Approaches," and "Process-Centered Healthcare Organizations."

INSTRUCTOR AVAILABILITY: Upon registration, you will be given my e-mail address. I am available periodically through e-mail, so please e-mail me any questions that may occur. That is why I am here. I will do everything to help you as much as possible. Please do not wait until the end of the class to try to get help. It will be too late. Anytime your grade falls below C, I will try to contact you about it. If I do not, please do not hesitate to contact me through e-mail.

GETTING STARTED: As soon as you receive your textbooks for the course, you may begin your course of study. Below is the program course outline. Be sure to review it as you progress through the course. Once you have registered for the course, I will send to you a letter of introduction with more explanations and the course assignments.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

1). Prepare health care professionals, behavioral health specialists and lay persons to practice professionally in the area of Thanantology and Grief Counseling and Bereavement Education, with sufficient knowledge for practice at a standard required by the current job and consumer market.
2). Prepare graduates to practice in a variety of practice settings such as clinics, delivery systems, organizations, funeral homes, hospices, religious organizations, outpatient counseling centers, etc.
3). Gain the knowledge and skills required to seek new opportunities related to Thanantology and Grief Counseling practice.
4). Understand and practice professionally with regards to high ethics and adherence to established standards of practice.
5). Assist in the review process for taking related certification and other credentialing examinations.
6). Prepare for practice various types of alternative health care settings.
7). Prepare graduates to practice at an intermediate to advanced level of practice.
8). Assist graduates in developing their own marketing plans for career and business growth, related to these practice specialties.
9). Provide graduates with a college level credential for this practice specialty.
10). Provide a means for health care and behavioral health practitioners to compliment their current practices by the added knowledge and skill of thanantology and grief counseling, and bereavement education.

COURSE CONTENT:

1). Death: Awareness and Anxiety.
2). Cultural Attitudes toward Death.
3). Processing the Death of a Loved One.
4). The Psychology of Dying.
5). Social Responses to Various Types of Death.
6). System Coordination Approach for the Dying Patient.
7). Legal Implications for the Dying Patient and the Family.
8). Understanding the Basic Tasks of Grief.
9). Circumstantial Factors Influencing Grief.
10). Comparing and Contrasting Reactions to Loss.
11). Manifestations of Grief.
12). Why Some People do not Grieve.
13). Therapeutic Strategies for the Bereaved.
14). Psychosocial Functions of Funerals.
15). The Family: Grief Characteristics & Conflicts.
16). Children: Making Sense of Separation and Loss.
17). A Response to Contemporary Funeral Practices.
18). Rationale for a Multidisciplinary Support System.
19). Counseling Techniques for Helping the Bereaved.
20). Models of Bereavement Aftercare.
21). Contemporary Issues Influencing Bereavement Aftercare.
22). Issues for the Death Care Professional.

PREREQUISITE: GRF 150 is a pre-requisite for this course along with a high school diploma.

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