Family Perceptions of Interventions During End-of-Life Care
What kind of support do family members and friends think they need when a loved one is dying?
Category : hospice care : Health & Medical
Implementation/Interpretation of Orders in Hospice
Learn how hospice and palliative care organizations develop medication policies that meet JCAHO requirements for accepting, interpreting, and implementing range, titration, and PRN orders.
Family Meetings at End of Life: A Systematic Review
What evidence is available to inform our understanding of family meetings at the end of life?
Symptoms in Pediatric Brain Tumor Patients on Hospice
Effective control of symptoms can prevent physical and emotional discomfort for children with brain tumors. Find out what works best.
Symptom Management in the Adult Outpatient Setting
Find out what symptoms plague veterans the most and learn strategies for improving their health care.
Ongoing Symptoms Reported by Breast Cancer Survivors
Skilled palliative nurses need to be aware of ongoing symptoms and symptom management in breast cancer survivors.
Ethical Dilemmas in the Intensive Care Unit
Ethics and palliative care consultants are being called upon to assist with frequently encountered ethical and moral dilemmas. Learn more from case studies.
Symptoms in Pediatric Brain Tumor Patients on Hospice
Effective control of symptoms can prevent physical and emotional discomfort for children with brain tumors. Find out what works best.
Family Perceptions of Interventions During End-of-Life Care
What kind of support do family members and friends think they need when a loved one is dying?
Managing the Effects of Cardiac Cachexia
Learn more about the vicious cycle of cancer cachexia -- in cardiac disease.
American Indians' Experiences of Life-Threatening Illness
What does a culturally-ideal dying and death experience look like for members of an American Indian tribe?
Management of Constipation in Parkinson Disease
Learn the latest strategies to proactively manage constipation in patients with Parkinson's.
Symptom Management in the Adult Outpatient Setting
Find out what symptoms plague veterans the most and learn strategies for improving their health care.
Caregiver Strain and Symptom Distress Among Cancer Survivors
Find out how African American cancer survivors and their caregivers cope with disease related stresses and strains.
Improving Pain Management in Long-term Care: The Campaign Against Pain
One facility's campaign against pain sets the pace for performance improvement efforts in long term care.
Bioethical Issues Related to Limiting Therapy
Even when the decision to limit life-sustaining therapy is ethically appropriate and clear, there can be issues. What are they?
Health Care Utilization in Palliative Care Clinic
A primary palliative care clinic may be a boon to both patients and overloaded emergency rooms. Find out why.
The Prodrome to Delirium
Gain insight regarding early signs and symptoms of emerging delirium and root causes that may be reversible.
Outcomes and Satisfaction With Care Following Palliative Care Consult
Find out more about how patients perceive palliative care consultations with nurse practitioners.
American Indians' Experiences of Life-Threatening Illness
What does a culturally-ideal dying and death experience look like for members of an American Indian tribe?