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Compassionate person-centered care for the dying : an evidence-based palliative care guide for nurses / Bonnie Freeman, DNP, ANP, RN, ACHPN.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Springer Publishing Company 2015Description: xix, 275 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780826122476 (paperback) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.029 23
LOC classification:
  • R726.8 .F725 2015
Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued online.
Contents:
Introduction to the CARES tool -- History of caring for the dying -- Goals and objectives when caring for the dying -- Establishing care of the dying as an acute event -- Identifying most common symptom management needs of the dying -- CARES tool: organization and considerations -- Comfort -- Airway -- Restlessness and delirium -- Emotional and spiritual care -- Self-care -- Foundational nursing theories -- Importance of advocacy -- Achieving compassionate communication -- Promoting a peaceful death -- Case studies -- Changing a culture -- Translating current literature into evidence-based practice: the role of the DNP -- A nursing model for care of the dying -- Versions and influence of the CARES tool -- Preserving hope -- Knowledge translation for effecting practice change / Margaret Fitch -- Leading change : stories and perspectives / Tracey Das Gupta -- Summary of Steven's peaceful death -- Recommended learning resources for care of the dying.
Summary: This reference for palliative care nurses provides realistic, and achievable, evidence-based methods for incorporating compassionate and humanistic care for the dying into current standards of practice. It also builds on Bonnie Freeman's research-based CARES tool, shich synthesises five key elements demonstrated to enable a peaceful death as free from suffering as possible.
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4 Week Loan Midland Regional Hospital Library Tullamore Midland Regional Hospital Library Tullamore Loan collection MRH Tullamore 616.029 FRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available TT15924
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Formerly CIP. Uk

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to the CARES tool -- History of caring for the dying -- Goals and objectives when caring for the dying -- Establishing care of the dying as an acute event -- Identifying most common symptom management needs of the dying -- CARES tool: organization and considerations -- Comfort -- Airway -- Restlessness and delirium -- Emotional and spiritual care -- Self-care -- Foundational nursing theories -- Importance of advocacy -- Achieving compassionate communication -- Promoting a peaceful death -- Case studies -- Changing a culture -- Translating current literature into evidence-based practice: the role of the DNP -- A nursing model for care of the dying -- Versions and influence of the CARES tool -- Preserving hope -- Knowledge translation for effecting practice change / Margaret Fitch -- Leading change : stories and perspectives / Tracey Das Gupta -- Summary of Steven's peaceful death -- Recommended learning resources for care of the dying.

This reference for palliative care nurses provides realistic, and achievable, evidence-based methods for incorporating compassionate and humanistic care for the dying into current standards of practice. It also builds on Bonnie Freeman's research-based CARES tool, shich synthesises five key elements demonstrated to enable a peaceful death as free from suffering as possible.

Also issued online.

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