1. What is Palliative Care? (150 words) Palliative Care is a care provided when someone is living with‚ and dying from a fatal chronic condition where the primary goal is maintaining quality of life. It provides special supportive care for anyone who is suffering a life-threatening condition approaching the end of life. Palliative care is for any age‚ those with cancer or any other terminal diagnosis‚ people of any ethnic or cultural background‚ whether they may live in the countryside or the
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assignment the writer aims to identify and explore in depth the role development of the specialist palliative care nurses in the community setting‚ and in particular how their role has evolved over the last 5 years. The writer aims for the first part of the assignment to provide the reader with a brief background into the development of palliative care and a history of how the traditional role of a palliative care nurse has expanded from a more generalist perspective to that of a position of specialism
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Module Title: Palliative Care Module Code: 6NU507 CONTENTS: Introduction: page 3 Main body: pages 4- 10 Conclusion: pages 10-11 References: pages 12-14 Appendix 1: pages 15-17 The following assignment will discuss the palliative care of a lady who died recently at a local hospice but was originally cared for in the community. Costello (2004) suggests
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Erica Lottes Professor Mary Pat Henehan‚ MPH‚ MA‚ DMin‚ RN‚ LMFT Washington University in Saint Louis‚ George Warren Brown School Palliative Sedation Therapy Introduction Palliative care endeavors to relieve pain and offer comfort for people in the final stage of their life. In the final days‚ some patients may suffer from refractory symptoms. A widely accepted definition of refractory symptom is ‘symptom for which all possible treatment has failed‚ or it is estimated that no methods are available
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equipped for that kind of thing. In this paper‚ issues surrounding inadequacies of Palliative care in Nigeria will be examined. Health care should be a necessary right for everyone irrespective of age‚ gender‚ religious tendency‚ educational background‚ social status‚ and race or color during any illness and especially when nearing the end of life. According to the centre for advance palliative care: “Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses. It focuses on providing
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Palliative care is designed for patient who have been diagnosed with chronic-illness‚ life-threatening illness and acute onset of diseases that are life-threatening. Palliative care offers pain relief‚ symptom relief‚ counseling‚ and it enhance quality of life. A patient who has been referred to palliative care doesn’t mean they are dying and they can still seek a treatment options. Hospice care is a part of palliative care; hospice is for patient that the doctor has giving them a short time to live
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Implementation of Pediatric Palliative Care Jeanene “Nikki” Bowen Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies NURO540 Implementation of Pediatric Palliative Care Hundreds of thousands of children are diagnosed each year with complex life-limiting illnesses in the United States. End of life decisions in children with life-threatening or life-limiting conditions are a major challenge in the pediatric population. It is unnatural for a parent to have to make end-of-life
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Pediatric Palliative Care Ana M. Gehan Thomas Edison State College Pediatric Palliative Care In modern society‚ children are expected to outlive their parents. However‚ for children living with life threatening illnesses‚ palliative care is an approach to care that enhances quality of life for both the child and the grieving parents. In the article‚ “Pediatric Palliative Care: The Time is Now!” the authors stress how important it is to start and/or continue pediatric palliative care
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Comprehensive account of working and interacting with others in the area of palliative care. The author of this essay is a Health Care Assistant for three years and works as a member of a Hospice Home Care Team. For the purpose of this assignment the author will outline a selection of evidence of their work and interaction with their Palliative Care Clients and the Palliative Care Team. For the privacy and dignity of the client we will refer to the client as John (an alias) and me as the author
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Literature Review: The palliative care needs of ethnic minority patients October 29‚ 2012 Literature Review A Paper Presented to Meet Partial Requirements For NRSG-494B Transcultural Nursing Southern Adventist University School of Nursing Literature Review: The palliative care needs of ethnic minority patients: staff perspectives An article titled “The Palliative Care Needs of Ethnic Minority Patients: Staff Perspectives” discussed the palliative care staff’s perceptions of
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