Structure and Processes of Care Edited by Betty R. Ferrell 1. National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care 2. Hospital-Based Palliative Care 3. Home Care and Hospice Care 4. The Intensive Care Unit 5. Palliative Care Nursing in the Outpatient Setting 6. Long-Term Care: Focus on Nursing Homes 7.
Clinical Interventions, Economic Impact, and Palliative Care Physical Aspects of Care: Pain and Gastrointestinal Symptoms Edited by Judith A. Paice 1. Pain Assessment 2. Pain Management 3. Nausea and Vomiting 4. Dysphagia, Xerostomia, and Hiccups 5. Bowel Management: Constipation, Diarrhea, Obstruction, and Ascites Appendix: Patient Care: Pain Management Test Questions and Answers Physical Aspects of Care: Nutritional, Dermatologic, Neurologic and Other Symptoms Edited by Judith A. Paice 1.
Fatigue 2. Anorexia and Cachexia 3. Artificial Nutrition and Hydration 4. Urinary Tract Disorders 5. Lymphedema Management 6. Skin Disorders: Pressure Ulcers- Prevention and Management 7. Skin Disorders: Malignant Wounds, Fistulas, and Stomas 8. Pruritus, Fever, and Sweats 9.
Neurological Disorders 10. Anxiety and Depression 11. Insomnia Pediatric Palliative Care Edited by Betty R. Ferrell 1. Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Care 2. Symptom Management in Pediatric Palliative Care 3. Pediatric Pain: Knowing the Child Before You 4. Palliative Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 5.
Pediatric Care: Transitioning Goals of Care in the Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit, and In Between 6. Grief and Bereavement in Pediatric Palliative Care Spiritual, Religious, and Cultural Aspects of Care Edited by Betty R. Ferrell 1. Spiritual Assessment 2. Spiritual Care Intervention 3. Cultural Considerations in Palliative Care 4. Meaning in Illness 5. The Meaning of Hope in the Dying Social Aspects of Care Edited by Nessa Coyle 1.
Sexuality 2. Bereavement 3. Supporting families in palliative care 4. Planning for the actual death 5. Cultural considerations in palliative care 6. Self-Assessment Test Questions Care of the Imminently Dying Edited by Judith A. Paice 1. Delirium 2.
Dyspnea, Death Rattle, and Cough 3. Urgent Syndromes at the End of Life 4. Sedation for Refractory Symptoms 5. Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Therapies: Mechanical Ventilation, Dialysis, and Cardiac Devices 6. Self-Assessment Test Questions Legal and Ethical Aspects of Care Edited by Nessa Coyle 1. Ethical Considerations in Palliative Care 2. Palliative Care and Requests for Assistance in Dying 3. Artificial Nutrition and Hydration 4.
End-of-Life Care for Patients with Medical Illness and Personality Disorders 5. Poor, Homeless and Underserved Populations.