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| Overview |
Palliative care as only a nurse can teach it Includes full-text PDA download! In this highly useful book, Campbell shared with you everything you must know about providing the best possible care to end-of-life patients and their families. Vignettes, clinical pearls, and nursing alerts help you to understand:
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| About the authors |
Margaret L. Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN |
| Table of contents |
Nurse's Pocket Guide to Palliative Care I. Nurses role in providing care to dying patients a. ANA Scope and Standards of Practice b. ANA Social Policy Statement II. Patient Characteristics a. Trajectories b. Settings c. Diagnoses III. Needs a. Patients b. Families IV. Communication a. Nurses role b. Collaboration with physicians c. Breaking bad news d. Discussing treatment goals and DNR e. Discussing hospice f. Imminent death notification g. Death notification h. Discussing organ or tissue donation i. Discussing autopsy V. Symptom assessment and management a. Pain b. Dyspnea c. Nausea and Vomiting d. Fear e. Anxiety f. Delirium g. Anorexia h. Constipation VI. Withdrawing life-sustaining treatments a. Mechanical ventilation b. Dialysis c. Pacemakers, AICD d. Artificial nutrition and hydration VII. Anticipatory Grief a. Patient needs and interventions b. Family needs and interventions VIII. After death care a. Body b. Family IX. Nurse self-care |
