Nursing & Health: Palliative Care Survival Guide

By Heather Campbell
August 2012
Pearson Education
Distributed by Trans-Atlantic Publications
ISBN: 9780273760627
75 pages, Illustrated
$14 .95 Spiral Bound

OUT OF PRINT

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This easy-to-use guide provides a quick reference to the principles of palliative and end-of-life care for adults, to help you enable your patients to not only die peacefully but also live until they die.

Contents:

What is palliative care?
The patient journey
Role of the nurse
Communication in palliative care
Holistic assessment
Symptom management in palliative and end of life care
Pain management
Nausea and vomiting
Breathlessness
Constipation
Fatigue
Care at end of life
Symptoms at end of life
A good death
Care in the last few weeks and days
Supporting family and carers
Looking after self

 

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