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    Palliative Care and Hospice Care: The Principles and Goals They Set The principles of palliative care and hospice care have similar goals that may often come together in an effort of providing the best care for a patient. Palliative care is holistic care of an individual with a chronic life debilitating condition whereas hospice care is for those with a terminal condition who have been diagnosed with 6 months or less to live. Palliative care usually will begin prior to the hospice care and continues

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    person’s journey through life. Health beliefs may be strongly tied to a person’s cultural background and spiritual or religious affiliation. Palliative care is the active holistic care of terminally ill patients which demands to maintain the quality of life addressing physical symptoms as well as emotional‚ spiritual and social needs. This very nature of the palliative care poses challenges to health care workers when addressing a culturally diverse population. Australia is the most multicultural country

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    Palliative care for a dying patient needs to be well planned and managed to ensure that all aspects of care giving are taken care of. The plan provides a reference for nurses and other practitioners who are involved in giving care to the patient. This is so as to ensure that they all know what needs to be done and does not. The plan also includes the relatives or family of the patient who need to be involved in the process not only to give emotional support but also physical support to the patient

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    Accuracy of the NICS on Sedation Assessment By Richard Parks Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Submit to Jennifer Collins In partial fulfillment of the requirements for NURS 5391 December 9‚ 2012 Table of Contents Abstract 2 Chapter 1: Introduction to the Study 2 Introduction 2 Purpose 3 Background and Significance to Nursing 3 Statement of the Problem 3 Research Question/Hypothesis 4 Conceptual Framework 4 Definitions 5 Assumptions 6 Limitations 6

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    to the University of Dublin Trinity College‚ in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Bachelor in Nursing Studies 9th March 2011 I hereby declare that this research proposal is entirely my own work and has not been submitted as an exercise for assessment at this or any other University. Signed:……………………………………………………… Print Name: Date: ii Acknowledgements The author would like to thank and gratefully acknowledges the following people‚ who helped make this project possible: my

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    Palliative: A Concept Analysis Abstract Palliative: A Concept Analysis Abstract Palliative: A Concept Analysis Purpose. The purpose of this analysis is to distinguish between palliative care and the hospice movement from which the concept of palliative care comes from. This study also identifies the distinguishing characteristics that surround modern palliative care. Methods. Data was collected from interviews‚ journals‚ online articles‚ and books involving palliative care. Findings

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    Palliative Care: What is Palliative Care‚ Anyway? According to the National Institute of Health‚ palliative care is "treatment of the discomfort‚ symptoms‚ and stress of serious illness. It provides relief from distressing symptoms including pain‚ shortness of breath‚ fatigue‚ constipation‚ nausea‚ loss of appetite‚ problems with sleep‚ and the side effects of the medical treatments you are receiving." Palliative care is also known as comfort care. Often confused with palliative care is hospice

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    Cultural diversity in the medical field in regards to palliative care is‚ at times‚ greatly hindered because of religious beliefs‚ language barriers‚ and the hierarchies of diverse cultures‚ and these have the propensity to affect the continuity of care for the patients. People from different cultures have their own perspectives on health and disease. Some cultures believe in using traditional medicine‚ and some believe in the healing power of praying and herbal healing. People are often affected

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    Palliative Care for Children: Enhancing the Quality of Life for a Child with a Life-Threatening Illness Melissa Spitler English Composition 2 Instructor Barckholtz May 17‚ 2010 Palliative Care for Children: Enhancing the Quality of Life for a Child with a Life-Threatening Illness “Each year in the USA about 500‚000 children are coping with life-threatening illnesses” (Huang et al.‚ 2010). The standard of care for children living with life-threatening conditions is vital for these children

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    are “experiences you identify to be coming from other concepts” (Chinn & Kramer‚ 2008). They are events that lead to or cause an event to take place. In the case of Palliative care‚ long term illness or an incurable illness must be present. These would be the antecedents because they result in the patient having to undergo palliative care. Model Case Born 4 weeks premature‚ Silvia was what his parents called their miracle child. So when she gave birth to her 2nd child at the age of 32‚ her parents

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