End of life care : clinical practice guidelines
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End of life care : clinical practice guidelines
W.B. Saunders, c2002
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Here are the guidelines and tools that the advanced practice nurse needs to provide comprehensive end-of-life care. A review of the end-stage disease processes provide the background for understanding the multiple symptoms experienced by individuals at the end of life. Clinical practice guidelines offer in-depth discussions of the pathophysiology of 17 different symptoms, assessment data to collect when evaluating and monitoring these symptoms, interventions for specific symptom management,and suggestions for patient and family teaching. In addition, a unit in the book is devoted is discussions of psychosocial issues, complementary therapies, and grief and grieving.
Table of Contents
Introduction * Protocols for advanced practice nursing * End-of-life Care * Advanced/End stage disease processes * Specific clinical practice protocols * Complementary therapies * Psychosocial care of the patient and family * Grief and Bereavement * The dying process
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