Palliative Nursing Across the Spectrum of Care 1st Edition by Elaine Stevens, Susan Jackson, Stuart Milligan 1405169974 9781405169974

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ISBN 10: 1405169974

ISBN 13: 9781405169974

Author: Elaine Stevens, Susan Jackson; Stuart Milligan

Palliative Nursing is an evidence-based practical guide for nurses working in areas of practice where general palliative care is provided. This may be in hospitals, nursing homes, dementia units, the community and any other clinical areas which are not classified as specialist palliative care. This book first explores the history and ethos of palliative care, and then looks at palliative nursing across various care settings.  It then looks at palliative nursing care for people with specific illnesses, including heart failure, dementia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cancer, and neurological conditions. Palliative care for children and young people is discussed, and then the book finally looks at education and research in palliative nursing.  Palliative Nursing will be essential reading for all nurses working with palliative care patients in a non specialist role, i.e. in hospitals, primary care and nursing homes, as well as nursing students. SPECIAL FEATURES Explores the palliative nursing issues related to specific diseases groups Written in the context of the new national tools, i.e. the end of life initiative, preferred place of care, Liverpool care pathway and Gold standards framework. Each chapter includes practice points and cases to allow the practitioner to undertake guided reflection to improve practice Written by nurses for nurses Provides guidance for nurses working in all four countries of the UK

Palliative Nursing Across the Spectrum of Care 1st Table of contents:

PART ONE: ADULT PALLIATIVE CARE

Section One: History and Ethos of Palliative Care

1. The History of Palliative Care
2. Definitions and Aims of Palliative Care
3. Providing Palliative Care for Marginalized and Disenfranchised People

Section Two: Palliative Nursing Across Care Settings 4. Palliative Nursing Care in the Acute Hospital
5. Palliative Nursing Care in the Community
6. Palliative Nursing Care in Nursing and Residential Care Homes
7. Palliative Nursing Care in Hospices

Section Three: Palliative Nursing Care for People with Specific Illnesses 8. Palliative Nursing Care in Heart Failure
9. Palliative Care in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
10. Palliative Care for People Who Have Dementia
11. Palliative Nursing Care in Other Neurological Conditions

• Huntington’s Disease
• Motor Neurone Disease
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Parkinson’s Disease

12. Palliative Care for People with End-Stage Renal Disease
13. Palliative Care Issues for People with Cancer
14. Palliative Nursing Care for People with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

PART TWO: PALLIATIVE CARE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

15. The History and Ethos of Palliative Care for Children and Young People
16. Challenges of Providing Paediatric Palliative Care in the Hospital Setting
17. Children’s Palliative Care in the Hospice and the Community

PART THREE: EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

18. Palliative Nursing Education and Continuing Professional Development
19. Palliative Care Research

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