Product Description
Pocket sized hospice and palliative care handbook recently updated and released for those providing end of life care and interfacing with the management of advanced chronic diseases. Includes detailled assessment tool, treatment guidelines, tables and scales for pain management and other distressing symptoms. A practical educational tool for nurses in hospice, oncology, long term care and inpatient palliative care. Includes guidelines for spiritual, psychosocial and dignity conserving interventions for patients and their families facing a terminal illness!

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 12 reviews)

A must have for any hospice nurse by Margaret P. Testa (Red Lion, PA)

5 Stars
September 14, 2009
The format and information in this book make it a "must have" for any nurse working in hospice/palliative care. Any organization hiring nurses in hospice or palliative care should make a welcoming gift of this book to them.

Petite but powerful by Margarita. (St. Croix, US Virgin Islands)

5 Stars
July 08, 2009
This has been invaluable to me as a new hospice nurse. I have been a nurse for over 30 years, but hospice work is new to me. Being on the road, having this petite but powerful reference work at my side has helped enormously with all kind of questions. When I am on call, it is so reassuring to have this book by my side as I work. I especially recommend this for all new hospice nurses. I will be using this book for many years to come.

book by NurseSweetness (Ocala, FL)

3 Stars
March 26, 2009
I'm sorry, but I have nothing to say about product as it was a gift and I never saw the book. It was however delivered in a safe and expedient manner.

love it!!! by M. Padgett (Macon, GA (for now))

5 Stars
January 06, 2009
Such an excellent and handy resource. I wish I could afford one for all of my case managers! Rhi a DHS in GA

Symptom Management Algorithms a Handbook for Palliative Care by S. Hayes

5 Stars
December 03, 2008
This symptom management handbook is a very valuable resource for the health professional working in areas that require a higher understanding of pain control outside of the regualted medical-surgical and emergency hospital environment. Pain in oncology, burn, chronic disease, wound and hospice patients is a complex issue for both the patient and the healthcare provider. The algorithms help professionals look scientifically at "if" "then" issues. "If" this happens "then" this is what can be done for the situation. The table of contents tells the reader immediately that every known topic that causes pain is discussed. Then each algorithm presents the user with the drugs used, the assessment needed for the situation, and the non-pharmacologic interventions. There is even a section on the rapid use of spiritual care. If you are a lay person dealing with chronic pain or you are caring for a loved one in pain this handbook will give you understanding why the professionals involved make the decisions they make. Finally the Appendix is full of useful tools to further expertise in the area of chronic pain control. (The size of the handbook slips easily in a uniform pocket.) From the Librarian - Manager of Knowledgebase Information Services at Portsmouth Regional Hospital, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

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