Palliative Care Nursing at a Glance.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ingleton, C.

Contributor:

Larkin, P. J.

Series:

At a Glance (Nursing and Healthcare) Ser.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2016.

Contents:

Intro

Series

Title Page

Copyright

Contributors

Preface

Abbreviations

About the companion website

Part 1: Introduction

1: Setting the scene

Introduction

What is palliative care?

Who receives palliative care?

Where is palliative care delivered?

Who provides palliative care?

References

2: Managing the needs of family caregivers

What is a family caregiver?

Key assessment issues for family caregiving

The consequences of caregiving

Critical points for reflection

Reference

3: Principles of effective communication

Effective communication

Difficult conversations

Looking ahead

4: Advance care planning

What is advance care planning?

Key principles of ACP

Putting ACP into practice

Aims in clinical consultation

Summary

5: Delivering palliative approaches in different care contexts

At home

Nursing and residential care homes

Acute hospitals

Hospices

Day care, out-patient and drop-in clinics

6: Integrated care pathways

What is an integrated care pathway?

ICPs used in palliative care

Variances

Part 2: Clinical applications

7: Principles of symptom management

Always offer a holistic assessment and evaluation

Treating symptoms and goals of care

The importance of anticipation

Focus on the individual

Reassess and evaluate

Provide clear explanation and information

8: Best practice in pain management

Best practice in pain management

Acute and chronic pain

Management of pain

The pain history

9: Managing pain

Managing pain

Pain assessment

Opioid analgesic therapy

10: Complex pain problems and treatment challenges

Bone pain

Radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

Nerve blocks

Opioid side effects and toxicity

Nursing role

11: Managing nausea and vomiting

Prevalence

Common causes

Assessment

Management

Medications

Evaluation

12: Managing constipation

Constipation and opioids

Management: fact and fiction

Treatment

Management at the end of life

13: Understanding depression

Screening for depression

Pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods of treatment

14: Understanding delirium and confusion

Definition and descriptors

15: Managing myoclonus, tremors and muscle spasms

Causes

Nursing care

16: Managing lymphoedema

What is lymphoedema?

17: Managing hypercalcaemia of malignancy

Definition

Calcium regulation in the body

Pathophysiology

Symptoms and signs

Other measures

18: Assessing and managing oral hygiene

Best practice principles for oral care

Clinical treatment

19: Caring for people with dysphagia

Addressing treatment and goals of care

The role of 'tube' feeding

20: Managing breathlessness

Pharmacological interventions in breathlessness

Non-pharmacological interventions in breathlessness

21: Cough and haemoptysis

Management and nursing care

Major haemoptysis.

Summary

22: Explaining and exploring cachexia, anorexia and fatigue

Definitions

Exercise as a palliative intervention

23: Continual subcutaneous infusion: using a syringe pump

What is continuous subcutaneous infusion?

What is the best type of CSCI equipment to use and why?

Indications for use

Key considerations in set-up of a CSCI

Advantages of the CSCI

Disadvantages of the CSCI

Drug conversion and drug compatibility

Specific consideration in relation to diluent

24: Emergencies: superior vena cava obstruction

Palliative care emergencies

25: Emergencies: haemorrhage

Haemorrhage

Signs and symptoms

Reflect

Plan: minor bleeding

Plan: haemorrhage

26: Emergencies: malignant spinal cord compression

Signs and Symptoms

Plan

Nursing care concerns

27: Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy

28: Radiotherapy

Principles of radiotherapy

Part 3: Palliative care for all

29: Palliative care approaches in heart failure

Definitions and descriptions

Palliative care approaches to symptom management

End-of-life care

30: Palliative care approaches to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Definitions and descriptors

Clinical presentation

Palliative approaches to symptom management

31: Palliative care approaches in motor neurone disease

Aetiology of motor neurone disease

Diagnosis

Prognosis

Care and management of symptoms

Multi-disciplinary care

32: Palliative care approaches for people receiving dialysis

Context

Cause for concern register

Withdrawal of dialysis

Patients who wish to stop dialysis.

Trajectory of decline following withdrawal of dialysis

Symptom management

Care coordination

Psychosocial and spiritual support

33: Palliative care approaches for people with progressive kidney disease: a non-dialytic pathway

The stages of renal disease

Why people choose not to start dialysis

Shared decision-making

Supporting individualised end-of-life care

Caring for carers

Terminal phase

34: Care of the patient following a stroke

What is a stroke?

What happens following a stroke?

Typical stroke care

Rehabilitation after stroke

Social and psychological aspects of stroke

Transient ischaemic attack

Family caregiving in stroke

Palliative and supportive care

35: Principles of palliative care for older people

Goal setting in older person care

The challenge of co-morbidity in older people with palliative care needs

Managing discussion on place of care

Caregiver burden

36: Care of the person with dementia

What is dementia?

Social and psychological perspectives

Family caregiving in dementia

Relationship-centred care and dementia

Palliative and supportive care in dementia

37: Care for people with mental illness

Serious and persistent mental illness and palliative care

Challenges for practice

Communication

38: Care for people with learning disabilities

People with learning disabilities

Causes of death in people with learning disabilities

Challenges in nursing people with learning disabilities at the end of their life

Key points for holistic, end-of-life assessment, care planning and delivery

39: Care for the homeless person

Life expectancy.

What is known about palliative care for homeless people?

Challenges for palliative care practitioners

Ways forward in terms of care and care planning

Conclusion

40: Care for people in prison

An increasing need for palliative care

Dying in prison

Transfer to hospital or hospice

Compassionate release

Part 4: Professional roles in palliative care

41: Understanding rehabilitation in palliative care

Principles of rehabilitation applied to palliative care

Assessment principles to determine rehabilitation options

Multi-disciplinary team approaches to rehabilitation

Re-evaluating rehabilitation goals towards the end of life

42: The social worker

Counselling support

Family support and communication

Children and vulnerable adults

Practical supports

Care planning

Bereavement

43: The occupational therapist

Referral to an OT

Role of the OT and the OT process in palliative care

Core interventions provided by the OT in palliative care

44: The physiotherapist

Location

Psychological benefits

Mobility

Exercise

Group work

Falls

Respiratory

Neurological and orthopaedic problems

Hydrotherapy

Early referral to physiotherapy

45: Complementary and supportive therapy

Acupuncture

Music and art therapy

Mind-body techniques

Massage therapy

Regulation

Conclusions

46: The clinical nurse specialist

History of the development of the role of CNS in palliative care

What the palliative care CNS does

Preparation for the role of palliative care CNS

Skills and competences

The future challenges

47: The advanced nurse practitioner

Introduction.

The palliative care advanced nurse practitioner role.

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Other Format:

Print version: Ingleton, C. Palliative Care Nursing at a Glance

ISBN:

9781118759196

OCLC:

912140901