Delivering timely service and evidence-informed resources to people in BC and the Yukon facing cancer and those involved in oncology care or research.
Contents:; Beginning -- Advance care planning -- Chronic illness and end of life -- Dementia and end of life -- Pain management : it?s more than knowing meds -- Physical symptom management -- Suffering : it?s not just the pain -- Active dying : the final days and hours -- After the death : the long…
Contents:; Introduction to palliative care / Marianne Matzo, Tonie Metheny -- Palliative care : responsive to the need for health care reform in America / Deborah Witt Sherman, Marilyn Bookbinder, Marlene McHugh -- Ethical aspects of palliative care / Anita J. Tarzian, Judith Kennedy Schwartz -- Le…
"Palliative Care Nursing: Caring for Suffering Patients continues to explore the concept of suffering as it relates to nursing practice in an updated new edition. This text helps practicing nurses and students define and recognize various aspects of suffering across the lifespan and within various …
Contents:; Delirium / Debra E. Heidrich and Nancy K. English -- Dyspnea, death rattle, and cough / Deborah Dudgeon -- Urgent syndromes at the end of life / Barton T. Bobb -- Sedation for refractory symptoms / Patti Knight, Laura A. Espinosa, and Bonnie Freeman -- Withdrawal of life-sustaining thera…
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Table of Contents:; Overview of nurse navigation -- Getting started as a nurse navigator -- How to start and expand a nurse navigation program -- Navigation considerations when working with patients -- Breast cancer navigation -- Cancer site-specific navigation -- Setting-specific navigation -- Exa…
Table of Contents :; Introduction to advance care planning -- Overview and introduction to advance care planning -- What are the benefits of advance care planning and how do we know? -- An introduction to advance care planning: practice at the frontline -- Person-centred care: how does advance care…
Contents:; Writing your introduction -- Literature review -- Writing your methodology chapter -- Writing your results chapter -- Writing your discussion chapter -- Writing manuscript option dissertations -- Writing well : the basics.
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Table of contents:; Nursing developments and policy influences -- The changing face of oncology nursing -- Advanced nursing practice and clinical leadership -- Autonomy : implications for oncology nursing -- Non-medical prescribing -- Compassionate and effective communication : key skills and princ…
c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library | Available |
Report references: The Bow Tie Model of 21st Century Palliative Care by Dr. Pippa Hawley, January 2015:; http://www.virtualhospice.ca/en_US/Main+Site+Navigation/Home/For+Professionals/For+Professionals/The+Exchange/Current/The+Bow+Tie+Model+of+21st+Century+Palliative+Care.aspx.; Accompanying report…
Contents:; Making the Transition from Clinical Oncology Nursing to Oncology Nurse Navigation -- Starting with the Basics : The History of Navigation -- Roles, Responsibilities, Models of Navigation, and Oncopolitics -- A Prerequisite to Effectively and Efficiently Navigating Your Oncology Patient -…