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El. knyga: Nursing & Health Survival Guide: Palliative Care [Taylor & Francis e-book]

(University of Sheffield, UK)
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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.

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.

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A pocket sized guide to giving the best palliative care.
Introduction 1(1)
What is Palliative Care?
1(9)
When does palliative care begin?
2(2)
National policy
4(3)
Who should receive palliative care?
7(1)
Who provides palliative care?
8(2)
The Patient Journey
10(1)
Role of the Nurse
11(3)
Communication in Palliative Care
14(9)
Essential communication skills
14(2)
Barriers to communication
16(2)
The sensitive conversation - key characteristics of communication
18(1)
The process - hints and tips (Patient)
19(1)
Breaking bad news
19(1)
Touch
20(1)
What happens if?
21(2)
Holistic Assessment
23(5)
Total pain
23(2)
Assessment process
25(1)
Using assessment tools
25(3)
Symptom Management
28(2)
Common physical symptoms
28(1)
Principles of symptom management
29(1)
Pain Management
30(15)
Definitions
30(1)
Causes
31(1)
Assessment
32(1)
Assessment tools and questions
32(2)
Management
34(2)
WHO principles
36(2)
Medications used
38(5)
Morphine
43(1)
Other ways to manage pain
44(1)
Nausea and Vomiting
45(3)
Causes
45(1)
Assessment
46(1)
Management
46(1)
Antiemetics
47(1)
Care and support
48(1)
Breathlessness
48(3)
Causes
49(1)
Support and management
49(1)
Breathing exercise
50(1)
Pharmacological measures
50(1)
Constipation
51(2)
Assessment
51(1)
Management
52(1)
Fatigue
53(2)
Causes
53(1)
Assessment
54(1)
Support and management
54(1)
Care at end of Life
55(3)
Systems and processes
56(2)
Symptoms at end of Life
58(3)
Palliative emergencies
58(2)
Depression
60(1)
Assessment
60(1)
Support and management
61(1)
A Good Death
61(4)
Finding Meaning
63(2)
Care in the Last Few Weeks, Days, Hours
65(8)
Liverpool Care Pathway
66(5)
Mouth care
71(1)
Recognising death
72(1)
Care after death
72(1)
Supporting Family and Carers
73(1)
Looking After Self
74(1)
Useful Websites
75
Heather Campbell is a Registered Nurse (adult) community nurse. She has taught in Health Care education (pre- and post-reg nursing and other disciplines) since 1983. She has spent the last 12 years or so in cancer and palliative care education. Heather has an undergraduate Degree (BA Hons) in Psychology and an MSc Psychology & Health. Heather is interested in all aspects of palliative and end of life care but particularly psychosocial issues.