Clinical Pocket Guide to Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing

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Constance Dahlin (, Director of Professional Practice, Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Palliative Nurse Practitioner, North Shore Medical Center, Salem, MA) Patrick Coyne (, Director of Palliative Care, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC)

Clinical Pocket Guide to Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing

Constance Dahlin (, Director of Professional Practice, Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Palliative Nurse Practitioner, North Shore Medical Center, Salem, MA), Patrick Coyne (, Director of Palliative Care, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC), Betty Ferrell, PhD, RN, FAAN (, Professor and Director of Nursing Research and Education, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA)

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Oxford University Press Inc
16 June 2017

Hepatology; Paediatric medicine; Palliative medicine; Terminal care nursing

The Clinical Pocket Guide to Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing is a companion guide to Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing, the first text devoted to advanced practice nursing care of the seriously ill and dying. Each chapter of this pocket guide presents point-of-care guidance on palliative care issues for quick reference in daily practice. Edited by leaders in the field, this handbook provides consistency in the nursing process from assessment to

management and evaluation of symptoms and various clinical situations. The Clinical Pocket Guide to Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing contains clinical pearls developed from the textbook and practical tools on pain and symptom assessment, functional status, and communication, making it an ideal resource for practicing APNs.management and evaluation of symptoms and various clinical situations.

Edited by: Constance Dahlin ( Director of Professional Practice Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Palliative Nurse Practitioner North Shore Medical Center Salem MA), Patrick Coyne (, Director of Palliative Care, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC), Betty Ferrell, PhD, RN, FAAN (, Professor and Director of Nursing Research and Education, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 124mm, Width: 201mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 204g
ISBN: 9780190204709
ISBN 10: 0190204702
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 16 June 2017
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter 1: Pain Chapter 2: Dyspnea Chapter 3: Bowel Symptoms: Constipation, Diarrhea, and Obstruction Chapter 4: Challenging Symptoms: Dry Mouth, Hiccups, Fevers, Pruritus, and Sleep Disorders Chapter 5: Nausea and Vomiting Chapter 6: Anxiety Chapter 7: Delirium Chapter 8: Depression and Suicide Chapter 9: Palliative Emergencies Chapter 10: Discontinuation of Life Sustaining Therapies Chapter 11: Withdrawal of Cardiology Technology Chapter 12: Withdrawal of Respiratory Technology Chapter 13: Palliative Sedation Chapter 14: Pediatric Palliative Care across the Continuum Chapter 15: Palliative Care of the Geriatric Patient

Constance Dahlin is the Director of Professional Practice for the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and a Palliative Nurse Practitioner at North Shore Medical Center in Salem, Massachusetts. Patrick J. Coyne is the Director of Palliative Care and the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. Betty R. Ferrell is a Professor and Director of Nursing Research and Education in the Department of Population Sciences at the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center in Duarte, California.

Reviews for Clinical Pocket Guide to Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing

"""...interesting (and useful) chapters on the discontinuation of life-sustaining therapies, and the withdrawal of cardiac and respiratory technology."" -- Roger Woodruff, IAHPC Newsletter"