Palliative Care Education Programme 2025

Courses and workshops are offered for health professionals and carers. If you have specific requirement not listed, please contact us, we can work with you to tailor education to meet your needs.

Clinical Placements

Here at Nurse Maude Hospice, we welcome students and can offer a variety of clinical placements in our inpatient unit or with our multidisciplinary community team. We work closely with tertiary education providers to arrange visits and placements for nursing, medical, paramedicine, social work, occupational therapy and counselling students. 



During their time with us students are supported to develop their knowledge and skills relating to care of patients, families and whānau who are living with a life limiting condition.

Palliative Care courses and workshops

Nurse Maude Hospice Palliative Care Service is committed to ensuring that those providing care to patients with life-limiting illness feel confident in their skills and knowledge and have access to appropriate education and support.

Syringe Driver competency programme

Venue: Boardroom, McDougall House



The Hospice New Zealand Syringe Driver Competency Programme is for registered and enrolled nurses and develops the knowledge and skills required to manage subcutaneous infusions using the Niki T34 / Bodyguard T syringe driver.

Initial certification provides 4 hours of professional development and involves completion of pre-reading, attendance at a two-hour workshop, demonstration of practical competence and completion of a written test. Certification is maintained by attending a 2 yearly update.

Foundations in Palliative Care

Venue: Ballroom, McDougall House

This 1-day workshop for nurses and allied health professionals aims to increase knowledge and understanding of the palliative approach and includes:

• Principles of Palliative Care
• Pain and Symptom Management
• Care in the Last Days of Life
• Communication and Goals of Care
• Grief, Loss and Bereavement Support
• Spiritual Care

Palliative Care for Caregivers

This Hospice New Zealand education programme is an alternative to Fundamentals of Palliative Care and helps caregivers, working in all care settings, explore their role in providing palliative care.

The course consists of four 90-minute seminars and is usually delivered on site to a group of 10 -15 caregivers. There is a small cost for the course workbook.

This programme is not intended for registered nurses who should either complete Fundamentals of Palliative Care or Foundations in Palliative Care.

Fundamentals of Palliative Care

Venue: Ballroom, McDougall House

The Fundamentals programme is for healthcare professionals and caregivers and aims to provide education and resources to enable the provision of skilled and competent palliative care.

The programme is delivered via a blended model of learning, consisting of 5 online modules and 3 face to face workshops. Complete the online modules first, starting with Essence, then you can book to attend the workshops at Nurse Maude. There is no cost for this programme.



There is further information about the Fundamentals of Palliative Care Programme on The Hospice NZ website.

Register for the Hospice NZ modules here.

Palliative Care Lecture Service

Hospice New Zealand provides lectures via Zoom webinar on the First Thursday of every month, February to December, 7.30 - 8.30am. Details on Hospice NZ website.

For further information about any of these courses, please contact

Raewyn Jenkins – Palliative Care Nurse Educator
Telephone: 03 375 4274
Email: Raewyn.Jenkins@nursemaude.org.nz

To book a place on the course, please use the booking form attachment below.
If you would like to print this information, please open and print the attached brochure below.