This handy second edition builds and expands on the first. It is concise and practical, and contains:
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Evidence-based research
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Suggestions for achieving quality care
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Key themes of palliative care nursing
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Guidelines that cover the spectrum of palliative care scenarios
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Opportunities for reflection and learning
Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Palliative care quiz
Core concepts and developments in end of life care
What is palliative nursing?
Palliative nursing skills: What are they?
Care pathways
Palliative care for all diagnoses
Dealing with ethical dilemmas
Delivering hands on care
Encountering death for the first time
Communicating with care and compassion
The nature of pain and suffering
The assessment pain
The management of pain
Managing symptoms other than pain
Spiritual care;
Palliative emergencies
Life closure skills
Essential comfort measures at the bedside
Multicultural needs at the end of life
Care priorities in the last days of life
Caring for the bereaved
Self-assessment multiple choice test answers
Palliative care quiz answers
