Palliative and Hospice Nursing Care Guidelines (eBook)

Patricia Moyle Wright (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023 | 1., First Edition
398 Seiten
Springer Publishing Company (Verlag)
9780826144515 (ISBN)

Infos

Supports clinicians in providing the best possible care to patients with serious illnessThe first comprehensive clinical guide for practicing palliative care and hospice clinicians, this evidence-based reference is designed to promote best practices in the delivery of safe, compassionate patient care. With a dual focus on evaluation and intervention, the book covers all aspects of providing palliative and hospice care for vulnerable and diverse populations. It provides an overview of common disease manifestations, typical trajectories of illness, symptom management, and recommendations for nursing care.Written in easy-to-access outline format, the resource is organized by body system and includes common diagnoses encountered in palliative and hospice care. Individual diagnoses include a definition, incidence, etiology, pathophysiology, predisposing factors, subjective and objective data, diagnostic tests, differential diagnoses, complications, disease-modifying treatments, palliative interventions/symptom management, prognosis, and nursing interventions. The text provides referral guidelines for serious illness as well as general and disease-specific hospice care admission guidelines. Also included are comprehensive tables of diagnostic testing, disease-specific palliative and symptom management interventions, prognostic and screening tools, patient teaching and clinician resources, and guides to pain management and wound care.Key Features:Delivers current guidelines for management of symptoms associated with serious illnessProvides an in-depth review of common conditions seen in palliative and hospice careOrganized by body system for quick information retrievalDelivers in-depth, evidence-based, and consistently organized disease-specific guidelinesPresents hospice and palliative care management guidelinesContains reproducible patient/family education handoutsReviews procedures commonly used in hospice and palliative practice

Inhalt

SECTION I: Introduction to Hospice and Palliative Care

Chapter 1: Introduction to Palliative Care

Chapter 2: Introduction to Hospice Care

Chapter 3: Prognostication and Prognostic Tools

Chapter 4: Establishing Goals of Care

SECTION II: Guidelines for End-Stage Cancer

Chapter 5: Cancers of the Head and Neck

Chapter 6: Cancers of the Chest and Abdomen

Chapter 7: Cancers of the Reproductive System

Chapter 8: Cancers of the Blood, Skin, and Bone

SECTION III: Non-Cancer Diagnoses

Chapter 9: Cardiac Disease

Chapter 10: Dementia

Chapter 11: Hepatic Disorders

Chapter 12: Immunologic Disorders

Chapter 13: Infectious Diseases

Chapter 14: Neurological Disorders

Chapter 15: Neurovascular Disorders

Chapter 16: Pulmonary Disorders

Chapter 17: Renal Disorders

APPENDICES

Appendix A: Prognostication Tools

Appendix B: Patient Teaching Resources

Appendix C: Clinician Resources

Appendix D: Pharmacological Interventions for Symptom Management in Advanced Disease

Appendix E: Pain Management

Appendix F: Pressure Wound Prevention and Assessment Pathway

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.11.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Fachpflege
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Palliativpflege / Sterbebegleitung
• ISBN-13: 9780826144515 / 9780826144515