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Compassionate person-centered care for the dying : an evidence-based palliative care guide for nurses / Bonnie Freeman, DNP, ANP, RN, ACHPN.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Freeman, Bonnie (Bonnie J.), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hospice care.
- Evidence-based nursing.
- Palliative treatment.
- Patient-centered health care.
- Terminal care.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (325 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Springer Publishing Company, LLC, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- A milestone resource for palliative care nurses that facilitates evidence-based compassionate and humanistic care of the dying "" a valuable contribution to the evolving field of palliative nursing care. It is coauthored by a model for this field, Bonnie Freeman, and brings to the bedside what her practice embodies - evidence-based clinically expert care...The CARES tool is a long-needed resource and we are all grateful to the authors for moving their passion to paper. It will touch the lives and deaths of patients, families and the nurses who care for them."" - Betty Ferrell, PhD, R
- Contents:
- Introduction to the CARES tool
- History of caring for the dying
- Goals and objectives when caring for the dying
- Establishing care of the dying as an acute event
- Identifying most common symptom management needs of the dying
- CARES tool: organization and considerations
- Comfort
- Airway
- Restlessness and delirium
- Emotional and spiritual care
- Self-care
- Foundational nursing theories
- Importance of advocacy
- Achieving compassionate communication
- Promoting a peaceful death
- Case studies
- Changing a culture
- Translating current literature into evidence-based practice: the role of the DNP
- A nursing model for care of the dying
- Versions and influence of the CARES tool
- Preserving hope
- Knowledge translation for effecting practice change / Margaret Fitch
- Leading change : stories and perspectives / Tracey Das Gupta
- Summary of Steven's peaceful death
- Recommended learning resources for care of the dying.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8261-2248-5
- OCLC:
- 903900721
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