To Comfort Always A Nurse s Guide to End Of Life Care Updated Revised 1st Edition by Linda Norlander Rn ISBN 978-1930538733 1930538731
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ISBN 10: 1930538731
ISBN 13: 978-1930538733
Author: Linda Norlander Rn
Caring for patients at the end of life’s journey is challenging, but rewarding. To Comfort Always: A Nurse’s Guide to End-of-Life Care prepares nurses to care for dying patients and their families by providing a primer that is both practical and insightful. From emotional needs such as relief of suffering to physical needs such as relief of pain, To Comfort Always supplies nurses what they need to know to deliver holistic, effective care. Linda Norlander brings her expertise in end-of-life care to this book that will serve as a valuable resource for nurses committed to comforting patients and families at one of life’s most moving passages.
Table of contents:
Chapter 1
Where to Begin
Introduction
Guiding Principles of End of Life Care
Core Nursing Responsibilities: Skilled Clinician, Advocate, and Guide
What Do Patients and Families Want for Care at the End of Life?
When Do We Start Providing End of Life Care?
A Team Approach
Chapter 2
Advance Care Planning
The Courageous Conversation
Skilled Clinician: Understanding the Elements of Advance Care Planning
Advance Directives
A Note on DNR/DNI Status and POLST Forms
Advocating in Advance Care Planning: Making Sure Wishes Are Honored
Guiding in Advance Care Planning: Recognizing the Common Barriers
Common Questions Patients Ask About Advance Directives
Cultural Considerations in Advance Care Planning
Chapter 3
Pain Management: It’s More Than Knowing the Meds
Listening to the Patient’s Pain
Skilled Clinician: Assessment and Management of Pain
Advocating: Ensuring That the Patient’s Pain Relief Goals Are Met
Guiding Patients and Families: Addressing
Common Fears
Know the Resources
Chapter 4
Physical Symptom Management
Common Symptoms
Skilled Clinician: Assessment and Management of Common Symptoms
Advocating: Linking the Needs of the Patient and Family to the Health Care System
Guiding Patients and Families: Preparing, Listening, and Assuring
Chapter 5
Suffering: It’s Not Just the Pain
What Is Suffering at the End of Life?
Skilled Clinician: Assessing Suffering
Advocating for Patients: Ensuring a Holistic View
Guiding Patients and Families: Start with Yourself
Chapter 6
Active Dying: The Final Days and Hours
Active Dying: What Does It Mean?
Skilled Clinician: Assessing and Intervening When Death Is Near
Advocating for Both the Patient and Family: Communication Is the Key
Guiding: Walking That Difficult Path.
A Note on Withdrawing Life-Sustaining or Life-Extending Treatment
Chapter 7
After the Death: The Long Journey to the Car
What Happens after a Patient Dies?
Skilled Clinician: Understanding Grief
Advocating for the Family: Accommodating Their Comfort Needs
Guiding the Family: Accepting the Loss
Self Care
Chapter 8
When a Child Is Dying: Pediatric End of Life
Children Die, Too
Skilled Clinician: Assessing and Intervening in the Care of Children
Advocating for Children: Meeting the Needs of Both the Patient and the Family
Guiding Children and Families: the Needs of the Child
Understanding
Chapter 9
Cultural Sensitivity: Looking through Different Eyes
Making Room for Cultural Diversity
Understand Your Own Beliefs
Listen to the Patients
Avoid Stereotyping and Making Assumptions
Use Trained Medical Interpreters
Use Community Resources
Advocating for Patients and Families
Chapter 10
Hospice
A Philosophy of Care
Who Qualifies for Hospice Care?
How Do I Approach Patients and Families
about Hospice Care?
The Hospice Medicare Benefit
Advocating for Your Patients
Chapter 11
Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Care
Health Care Ethics
Common Ethical Dilemmas and Conflicts
Role of the Skilled Clinician in Difficult Decisions
Advocate: Making Sure Wishes Are Honored.
Guide
What about a Nurse’s Personal Ethics, Beliefs,
and Values?
Ethics and Culture,
Chapter 12
A Final Note: Taking Care
Burning Brightly, Burning
Dimly
Living in the Present Moment
The Joy and the Laughter
A Final Note
Index
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