Pain Management in Advanced Illness and Comorbid Substance Use Disorder
Don't miss this case study of a patient with advanced illness, pain, and comorbid substance use disorder who was seen in the home care setting.
Category : hospice care : Health & Medical
The Death Rattle Dilemma
What are we accomplishing when we treat death rattle?
Effect of Personality on Palliative Care Staff Stress Levels
What personality type is more prone to burnout when it comes to palliative care?
Management of Constipation in Parkinson Disease
Learn the latest strategies to proactively manage constipation in patients with Parkinson's.
Management of Constipation in Parkinson Disease
Learn the latest strategies to proactively manage constipation in patients with Parkinson's.
Assessment and Management of Cancer-Related Fatigue
What can be done to reduce fatigue in patients with cancer who are receiving chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy?
Managing the Effects of Cardiac Cachexia
Learn more about the vicious cycle of cancer cachexia -- in cardiac disease.
Suffering and Dying Nursing Home Residents: The Role of Family Members
As society ages, nursing homes will increasingly be the site of death for many people. Nurses often find it difficult to cope with competing demands from families in this setting.
African Americans and Hospice Programs
It is clear that the African American community does not have adequate information about hospice, and this may produce misgivings, misconceptions, and fear.
Management of Constipation in Parkinson Disease
Learn the latest strategies to proactively manage constipation in patients with Parkinson's.
Barriers in Hospice Use Among African Americans With Cancer
What's keeping African Americans from accessing more palliative care?
Ethical Issues Experienced by Hospice and Palliative Nurses
Find out about barriers that keep nurses from resolving ethical dillemas in hospice and palliative care.
Pilot of Online Introduction to Palliative Care for Nurses
Find out new ways to address hospitals' deficiencies in end-of-life care -- with an online palliative care quiz.
Transition to End-of-Life Care in End-stage Liver Disease
Learn the finer points of symptom management in end-stage liver disease.
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.
Symptom Management in the Adult Outpatient Setting
Find out what symptoms plague veterans the most and learn strategies for improving their health care.
'Nurse, I Can't Sleep!'
Insomnia is a prevalent problem among patients with cancer. Can you boost their sleep IQ?
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.
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.