Conflicts in Goals of Care at the End of Life
Learn how to meet patients where they are and take them where they want to go. . .
Category : hospice care : Health & Medical
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.
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?
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?
Effect of Personality on Palliative Care Staff Stress Levels
What personality type is more prone to burnout when it comes to palliative care?
Communication Between the Nurse and Family Caregiver in End-of-Life Care
How do nurses communicate imminent death to loved ones of a terminally ill patient whose death is expected but not fully anticipated?
Children With HIV/AIDS: Vulnerable Population, Needs for Palliative Care
Caring for children with HIV/AIDS and their families presents challenges and specific implications for hospice and palliative nurses -- here's what you need to know.
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.
Work-Related Loss Among Pediatric Oncology Nurses
Find out what toll losing patients takes on -- pediatric oncology nurses.
Weaving Palliative Care Into the Tapestry of Pediatrics
Read about development of a highly successful pediatric palliative care program that was established initially with nursing staff at relatively low cost.
Refractory Cancer Pain in a Nursing Home Resident
How do psychological, social, spiritual, or existential concerns contribute to the experience of pain for nursing home residents?
Increasing Palliative Consults for HF Inpatients Using the Seattle HF Model
End-stage heart failure patients may appreciate the option for hospice care, and understaffed hospitals may benefit by shifting this terminal population into a more appropriate setting as well.
Symptoms Experienced by Heart Failure Patients in Hospice
Heart failure patients are a rapidly emerging hospice population. How can their end-of-life care be improved through symptom management?
Managing the Effects of Cardiac Cachexia
Learn more about the vicious cycle of cancer cachexia -- in cardiac disease.
Refractory Cancer Pain in a Nursing Home Resident
How do psychological, social, spiritual, or existential concerns contribute to the experience of pain for nursing home residents?
Ethical Issues Experienced by Hospice and Palliative Nurses
Find out about barriers that keep nurses from resolving ethical dillemas in hospice and palliative care.
'Nurse, I Can't Sleep!'
Insomnia is a prevalent problem among patients with cancer. Can you boost their sleep IQ?
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?
'Nurse, I Can't Sleep!'
Insomnia is a prevalent problem among patients with cancer. Can you boost their sleep IQ?