Optimizing Palliative Care: A Comprehensive Clinical Guide for Clinicians

As a healthcare professional, providing the best possible care to patients with serious illnesses is of utmost importance. This evidence-based clinical guide, written by Patricia Moyle Wright, PhD, MBA, MSN, CRNP, ACNS-BC, CHPN, CNE, FPCN, is designed to promote best practices in the delivery of safe, compassionate patient care in palliative care and hospice settings.

Comprehensive Resource for Palliative and Hospice Care

This comprehensive guide covers all aspects of providing palliative and hospice care for vulnerable and diverse populations. It provides an overview of common disease manifestations, typical trajectories of illness, symptom management, and recommendations for nursing care, making it an indispensable resource for clinicians.

Organized by Body System for Easy Access

The resource is organized by body system, making it easy to access information on specific diagnoses encountered in palliative and hospice care. Each diagnosis includes a definition, incidence, etiology, pathophysiology, predisposing factors, subjective and objective data, diagnostic tests, differential diagnoses, complications, disease-modifying treatments, palliative interventions/symptom management, prognosis, and nursing interventions.

Features of the Guide

• Delivers current guidelines for management of symptoms associated with serious illnesses
• Provides an in-depth review of common conditions seen in palliative and hospice care
• Organized by body system for quick information retrieval
• Delivers in-depth, evidence-based, and consistently organized disease-specific guidelines
• Presents hospice and palliative care management guidelines
• Contains reproducible patient/family education handouts
• Reviews procedures commonly used in hospice and palliative practice

This comprehensive guide is a valuable resource for clinicians, providing them with the knowledge and tools necessary to deliver high-quality, patient-centered care to those with serious illnesses.

Publisher Information

Published by Springer Publishing Company, this guide is available in English and can be accessed in print and digital formats. ISBN: 9780826144492, 9780826144515