Essentials In Hospice And Palliative Care

Essentials of Palliative Care is a to-the-point, clinically oriented resource for all members of the multidisciplinary palliative care team and trainees. It covers practical clinical topics, including assessment of the patient and pain and symptom management, and practical non-medical topics central to providing effective palliative care, including psychological management, guidance on how to help patients and their families through the many healthcare decision points they face, and sensitivity to the goals and culture of the patient. Review questions, with detailed answers, provide a convenient way for readers to test their knowledge. Features: · Concise, comprehensive, clinically focused · Multiple choice review questions, with detailed answers · Expert contributors from leading institutions · Coordination of care by palliative care team a major focus

Kath Murray has a love for hospice and palliative care and a love for education that is engaging, delicious, and digestible. Her passion is to provide exceptional resources to help nurses, health care workers, and personal support workers provide excellent care for the dying and their family, and to find meaning and value in doing so.

"A must-have for all levels of palliative caregivers " An excellent resource for palliative caregivers - including family, community health workers, resident care assistants, nurses and anyone else wanting a solid foundation in this important area. The Essentials manual engages readers with warmth and heart. It provides caregivers with the necessary resources and tools to understand key issues in the dying process. "Essentials" extends our understanding of how to provide excellent care for the dying, by teaching strategies to: * Enhance comfort through palliation and simple comfort measures. * Be "up close and personal" with the dying. * Deal with the psychosocial implications of physical changes in last days and hours. * Develop supportive strategies for both patients and "family." * Engage with the challenge of "being with" instead of "doing for." * Enhance your understanding of the nature of grief. * Strengthen communication skills and avoid common roadblocks. * Support children who are living with dying by understanding the essential principles of how to talk about death with kids, what to say, and when to say it. * Care for yourself by applying a strength based model of self care.

Offers a comprehensive overview of the practice of hospice, as well as the challenges faced by and the direction of the hospice movement. This book provides chapters that address key topics such as the goals and importance of community involvement, outcome measurement, and the manner in which hospices address death, grief, and bereavement.

This book was written specifically for nursing assistants! It will warmly engage you and provide you with the essential tools and knowledge to respond to the needs of the dying and their families. Filled with practical strategies, stories of caregiving, and real-life scenarios, Essentials in Hospice and Palliative Care will increase your confidence, competence and comfort in providing compassionate care for the dying.

"This workbook was created specifically for nursing assistants--you. As a companion workbook to Essentials in Hospice and Palliative Care: A Resource for Nursing assistants, this study guide will help you solidify your knowledge of hospice palliative care. The workbook is filled with creative learning activities, including crossword puzzles, -reflective writing, group discussion, and role-plays. Prepare yourself to care for the dying and their family by: Exploring your own beliefs and biases through re-flection and writing exercises Increasing your understanding of hospice palliative care language, principles, and practices Applying your knowledge in case scenarios, role-plays, and group discussion."--

A companion workbook for the Essentials resource manual, designed to enhance learning and integration of knowledge in the field of hospice palliative care. Written for the health care worker or generalist caregiver, to provide competency based skills in excellent end of life care. Workbook activities for each topic are applied through three central themes: * Beliefs and Baggage - encourages learners to explore their own understanding of topics by teaching and implementing guided reflective writing. * Content and Concepts - lays the foundation of understanding, requiring participants to begin integrating knowledge through definitions, calculations and short answer questions. * Integration and Application - completes the learning on each topic, applying knowledge through further research, case studies, role play and small and large group discussions.

Hospice and Palliative Care for Companion Animals: Principles and Practice offers the first comprehensive reference to veterinary hospice and palliative care, with practical guidance and best practices for caring for sick and dying animals. Presents the first thorough resource to providing veterinary hospice and palliative care Offers practical guidance and best practices for caring for sick and dying animals Provides an interdisciplinary team approach, from a variety of different perspectives Gives concrete advice for easing pets more gently through their final stage of life Includes access to a companion website with client education handouts to use in practice

A companion workbook to 'Essentials in Hospice and Palliative Care: A Practical Resource for Every Nurse," that actively engages you to help solidify your knowledge of hospice and palliative care. The workbook promotes learning the practical application of hospice and palliative care principles and procedures using creative activities.