Stevens / Jackson / Milligan Palliative Nursing

Across the Spectrum of Care
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-2271-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten, E-Book

Palliative Nursing is an evidence-based practical guide fornurses working in areas of practice where general palliative careis provided. This may be in hospitals, nursing homes, dementiaunits, the community and any other clinical areas which are notclassified as specialist palliative care.
This book first explores the history and ethos of palliativecare, and then looks at palliative nursing across various caresettings. It then looks at palliative nursing care for peoplewith specific illnesses, including heart failure, dementia, chronicobstructive pulmonary disease, cancer, and neurological conditions.Palliative care for children and young people is discussed, andthen the book finally looks at education and research in palliativenursing. Palliative Nursing will be essential readingfor all nurses working with palliative care patients in a nonspecialist role, i.e. in hospitals, primary care and nursing homes,as well as nursing students.
SPECIAL FEATURES
* Explores the palliative nursing issues related to specificdiseases groups
* Written in the context of the new national tools, i.e. the endof life initiative, preferred place of care, Liverpool care pathwayand Gold standards framework.
* Each chapter includes practice points and cases to allow thepractitioner to undertake guided reflection to improvepractice
* Written by nurses for nurses
* Provides guidance for nurses working in all four countries ofthe UK

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stevens, Elaine

Jackson, Susan

Milligan, Stuart

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Contributors.
Introduction.
PART 1 - ADULT PALLIATIVE CARE.
SECTION 1 - HISTORY AND ETHOS OF PALLIATIVECARE.
1. The History of Palliative Care.
2. Definitions and Aims of Palliative Care.
3. Providing Palliative Care for Marginalised andDisenfranchised People.
SECTION 2 - PALLIATIVE NURSING CARE ACROSS CARESETTINGS.
4. Palliative Nursing Care in the Acute Hospital.
5. Palliative Nursing Care in the Community.
6. Palliative Nursing Care in Nursing and Residential CareHomes.
7. Palliative Nursing Care in Hospices.
SECTION 3 - PALLIATIVE NURSING CARE FOR PEOPLE WITHSPECIFIC ILLNESSES.
8. Palliative Nursing Care in Heart Failure.
9. Palliative Care in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
10. Palliative Care for People Who Have a Dementia.
11. Palliative Nursing Care in Other NeurologicalConditions.
11.1 - Huntington's Disease.
11.2 - Motor Neurone Disease.
11.3 - Multiple Sclerosis.
11.4 - Parkinson's Disease.
12. Palliative Care for People in End Stage Renal Disease.
13. Palliative Care Issues for People with Cancer.
14. Palliative Care for People with Human Immunodeficiency Virus(HIV) and Acquired Imunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
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PART 2 - PALLIATIVE CARE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNGPEOPLE.
15. The History and Ethos of Palliative Care for Children andYoung People.
16. Challenges of Paediatric Palliative Care in The HospitalSetting.
17. Children's Palliative Care in the Hospice and theCommunity.
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PART 3 - EDUCATION AND RESEARCH.
18. Palliative Nursing Education and Continuing ProfessionalDevelopment.
19. Palliative Care Research.

Über Autor(innen)

Elaine Stevens is the current chair of The PalliativeNursing Forum of The Royal College of Nursing. She is alsoprogramme leader for the palliative care named award at degreelevel at The University of The West of Scotland, and she managesthe education service at The Ayrshire Hospice
Susan Jackson is programme leader for the Post GraduateCertificate in Cancer and Palliative Care at the University of Westof Scotland, and is education facilitator with ACCORD Hospice inPaisley.
Stuart Milligan is Lecturer in Palliative Care at theUniversity of the West of Scotland, and Education Facilitator atArdgowan Hospice, Greenock.