Clinical Pocket Guide to Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing

Constance Dahlin is the Director of Professional Practice for the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and a Palliative Nurse Practitioner at North Shore Medical Center in Salem, Massachusetts. CD: Patrick J. Coyne is the Director of Palliative Care and the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. Betty R. Ferrell is a Professor and Director of Nursing Research and Education in the Department of Population Sciences at the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center in Duarte, California.

Chapter 1: Pain
Chapter 2: Dyspnea
Chapter 3: Bowel Symptoms: Constipation, Diarrhea, and Obstruction
Chapter 4: Challenging Symptoms: Dry Mouth, Hiccups, Fevers, Pruritus, and Sleep Disorders
Chapter 5: Nausea and Vomiting
Chapter 6: Anxiety
Chapter 7: Delirium
Chapter 8: Depression and Suicide
Chapter 9: Palliative Emergencies
Chapter 10: Discontinuation of Life Sustaining Therapies
Chapter 11: Withdrawal of Cardiology Technology
Chapter 12: Withdrawal of Respiratory Technology
Chapter 13: Palliative Sedation
Chapter 14: Pediatric Palliative Care across the Continuum
Chapter 15: Palliative Care of the Geriatric Patient