End-of-life Care: Clinical Practice Guidelines

End-of-life Care: Clinical Practice Guidelines
ISBN-10
0721684521
ISBN-13
9780721684529
Pages
492
Language
English
Published
2002
Publisher
W.B. Saunders Company
Authors
Kim K. Kuebler, Debra E. Heidrich, Patricia H. Berry

Description

This book specifically outlines clinical practice protocols to be implemented by advanced practice nureses working in end-of-life care, including both palliative and hospice settings. These clinical practice protocols provide advanced practice nurses with guidelines to provide comprehensive care and avoid errors of possible oversight, provide a system for handling specific symptoms frequently experienced by the terminally ill patient, and support communication between the practicing nurse and physician.

  • Defines the evolving role of the advanced practice nurse in end-of-life care.
  • Provides in-depth pathophysiology, assessment and interventions of symptoms based on disease trajectory.
  • Describes normal dying as a healthy process through the support of an interdisciplinary team.
  • Indicates suggestions for patient and family teaching.
  • Presents extensive information on the use of complementary therapies in end-of-life care, including research-based evidence of their effectiveness as well as resources that are helpful for practice.
  • Includes case studies at the end of chapters to reinforce the information presented.
  • Describes psychosocial issues experienced by patients at the end of life and by their families.
  • Reviews uncomplicated and complicated grief and mourning and provides suggestions for supporting families after a patient's death.

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