Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing

Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing
Author: Betty Rolling Ferrell
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 935
Release: 2019-03-04
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0190862378

The Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing remains the most comprehensive treatise on the art and science of palliative care nursing available. Dr. Betty Rolling Ferrell and Dr. Judith A. Paice have invited 162 nursing experts to contribute 76 chapters addressing the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs pertinent to the successful palliative care team. Organized within 7 Sections, this new edition covers the gamut of principles of care: from the time of initial diagnosis of a serious illness to the end of a patient's life and beyond. This fifth edition features several new chapters, including chapters on advance care planning, organ donation, self-care, global palliative care, and the ethos of palliative nursing. Each chapter is rich with tables and figures, case examples for improved learning, and a strong evidence-based practice to support the highest quality of care. The book offers a valuable and practical resource for students and clinicians across all settings of care. The content is relevant for specialty hospice agencies and palliative care programs, as well as generalist knowledge for schools of nursing, oncology, critical care, and pediatric. Developed with the intention of emphasizing the need to extend palliative care beyond the specialty to be integrated in all settings and by all clinicians caring for the seriously ill, this new edition will continue to serve as the cornerstone of palliative care education.

Palliative Care Nursing: Principles And Evidence For Practice

Palliative Care Nursing: Principles And Evidence For Practice
Author: Payne, Sheila
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Total Pages: 733
Release: 2008-08-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0335221815

This textbook in palliative care nursing draws together the principles and evidence that underpins practice to support nurses working in specialist palliative care settings and those whose work involves end-of-life care.

Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing

Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing
Author: Constance Dahlin
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 1386
Release: 2016-02-25
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0190643889

Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing is the first text devoted to advanced practice nursing care of the seriously ill and dying. This comprehensive work addresses all aspects of palliative care including physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs. Chapters include: symptoms common in serious illness, pediatric palliative care, spiritual and existential issues, issues around the role and function of the advanced practice nurse (APN), reimbursement, and nursing leadership on palliative care teams. Each chapter contains case examples and a strong evidence base to support the highest quality of care. The text is written by leaders in the field and includes authors who have pioneered the role of the advanced practice nurse in palliative care. This volume offers advanced practice content and practical resources for clinical practice across all settings of care and encompassing all ages, from pediatrics to geriatrics.

Nursing Care at the End of Life

Nursing Care at the End of Life
Author: Joyce V Zerwekh
Publisher: F.A. Davis
Total Pages: 473
Release: 2005-12-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0803620284

Nursing Care at the End of Life: Palliative Care for Patients and Families explores the deep issues of caring for the dying and suffering. The book is based on the Hospice Family Caregiving Model previously published by the author and focuses on the practice implications of care for the dying. The book is written in a clear and user-friendly style, and is ideal for undergraduate nursing students learning about dying, suffering, and caring for individuals and their families.

Palliative Care Nursing

Palliative Care Nursing
Author: Kathleen Ouimet Perrin
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2011-02-14
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0763773840

Palliative Care Nursing: Caring for Suffering Patients explores the concept of suffering as it relates to nursing practice. This text helps practicing nurses and students define and recognize various aspects of suffering across the lifespan and within various patient populations while providing guidance in alleviating suffering. In addition, it examines spiritual and ethical perspectives on suffering and discusses how witnessing suffering impacts nurses' ability to assume the professional role. Further, the authors discuss ways nurses as witnesses to suffering can optimize their own coping skills and facilitate personal growth. Rich in case studies, pictures, and reflections on nursing practice and life experiences, Palliative Care Nursing: Caring for Suffering Patients delves into key topics such as how to identify when a patient is suffering, whether they are coping, sources of coping facades, what to do to ease suffering, and how to convey the extent of suffering to members of the health care team.

Palliative Care Nursing

Palliative Care Nursing
Author: Sanchia Aranda
Publisher:
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2003
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

This is one empowerment tool that nurses and health care professionals in any care setting cannot afford to be without.

Palliative and End of Life Care in Nursing

Palliative and End of Life Care in Nursing
Author: Jane Nicol
Publisher: Learning Matters
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2017-06-05
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1526415526

With the number of people requiring palliative and end of life care steadily increasing, it is the responsibility of every nurse, regardless of specialism, to know how to provide high quality care to this group of people. Yet caring for those nearing the end of life can throw up complex issues, including handling bereavement, cultural and ethical issues, delivering care in a wide variety of settings, symptom management and also ensuring your own emotional resilience. This book is specifically designed to equip nursing students and non-specialists with the essential knowledge in relation to the care and management of people nearing the end of life.

Clinical Pocket Guide to Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing

Clinical Pocket Guide to Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing
Author: Constance Dahlin
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2017-03-02
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0190664622

The Clinical Pocket Guide to Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing is a companion guide to Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing, the first text devoted to advanced practice nursing care of the seriously ill and dying. Each chapter of this pocket guide presents point-of-care guidance on palliative care issues for quick reference in daily practice. Edited by leaders in the field, this handbook provides consistency in the nursing process from assessment to management and evaluation of symptoms and various clinical situations. The Clinical Pocket Guide to Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing contains clinical pearls developed from the textbook and practical tools on pain and symptom assessment, functional status, and communication, making it an ideal resource for practicing APNs. management and evaluation of symptoms and various clinical situations.

Communication in Palliative Nursing

Communication in Palliative Nursing
Author: Elaine Wittenberg-Lyles
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2013
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0199796823

This book unites complementary work in communication studies and nursing research to present a theoretically grounded curriculum for teaching palliative care communication to nurses. The chapters outline the COMFORT curriculum. Central to this curriculum is the need for nurses to practice self-care.

Transforming Palliative Care in Nursing Homes

Transforming Palliative Care in Nursing Homes
Author: Mercedes Bern-Klug
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2010-02-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0231507070

The teacher and gerontological social work scholar Mercedes Bern-Klug joins experts on nursing, law, medicine, sociology, and social work to provide a thorough understanding of nursing home palliative care. Their broad definition of palliative care treats comfort care as appropriate across the illness experience, not just at the end of life. Because a majority of nursing home residents are older adults facing multiple, advanced chronic conditions, this book is grounded in the provision of palliative care-especially palliative psychosocial care. Yet its practice recommendations can also be applied to other long-term care settings, such as assisted living. The contributors combine scholarship with practical wisdom in each chapter, mixing reviews of scholarly literature with insights gleaned from clinical practice. Chapter topics comply with the eight domains of palliative care developed by the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care. Some focus on care of the resident, while others concern the resident's family. A special section addresses self-care for nursing home staff members, and another discusses nursing home rituals to mark the death of a resident. Bern-Klug concludes with an overview of the factors that will shape the future of palliative care for advanced chronic illness.