Care of the Imminently Dying

Series edited by Betty Ferrell, Nessa Coyle, Judith Paice, and Edited by Judith Paice

HPNA Palliative Nursing Manuals

Offers clinically pertinent guidance on symptom management of the patient reaching the end of their life
Discusses palliative sedation and withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies
Includes questions for self-assessment
Published in conjunction with the Hospice and Palliative Nursing Association

Care of the Imminently Dying

Series edited by Betty Ferrell, Nessa Coyle, Judith Paice, and Edited by Judith Paice

HPNA Palliative Nursing Manuals

Description

Palliative care is an essential element of our health care system and is becoming increasingly significant amidst an aging society and organizations struggling to provide both compassionate and cost-effective care. Palliative care is also characterized by a string interdisciplinary approach. Nurses are at the center of the palliative care team across settings and populations. The seventh volume in the HPNA Palliative Nursing Manuals series, Care of the Imminently Dying provides an overview of symptom management when a patient is reaching the end of their life. This volume covers delirium and the advantages of early diagnosis, determining the presence of dyspnea, death rattle, or cough, urgent syndromes that may appear the end of life, palliative sedation, and the withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies. The content of the concise, clinically focused volumes in the HPNA Palliative Nursing Manuals series is one resource for nurses preparing for specialty certification exams and provides a quick-reference in daily practice.

Care of the Imminently Dying

Series edited by Betty Ferrell, Nessa Coyle, Judith Paice, and Edited by Judith Paice

HPNA Palliative Nursing Manuals

Chapter 1
Delirium
Debra E. Heidrich and Nancy K. English

Chapter 2
Dyspnea, Death Rattle, and Cough

Deborah Dudgeon

Chapter 3
Urgent Syndromes at the End of Life
Barton T. Bobb

Chapter 4
Sedation for Refractory Symptoms
Patti Knight, Laura A. Espinosa, and Bonnie Freeman

Chapter 5
Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Therapies: Mechanical Ventilation, Dialysis, and Cardiac Devices

Margaret L. Campbell and Linda M. Gorman

Chapter 6
Self-Assessment Test Questions

Judith A. Paice

Care of the Imminently Dying

Series edited by Betty Ferrell, Nessa Coyle, Judith Paice, and Edited by Judith Paice

HPNA Palliative Nursing Manuals

Author Information

Judith Paice is the Director of the Cancer Pain Program in the Division of Hematology-Oncology at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois.

Contributors:

Barton T. Bobb, MSN, FNP-BC, ACHPN
Palliative Care and Pain Consult Team
VCU Medical Center
Richmond, Virginia

Margaret L. Campbell, PhD, RN, FPCN
Professor of Research
College of Nursing
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan

Deborah Dudgeon, MD, FRCPC
W. Ford Connell Professor of Palliative Care Medicine
Department of Medicine
Oncology and Family Medicine
Queen's University
Kingston, ON, Canada

Nancy K. English, PhD, APRN, CN, CHPN
Adjunct Assistant professor of Nursing
University of Colorado Health Sciences
Aurora, Colorado

Laura A. Espinosa, RN, MS, PhD
Instructor
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
Director of Nursing
Methodist West Houston Hospital
Houston, Texas

Bonnie Freeman, RN, MSN, ANP-BC, CHPN
Supportive Care Medicine
Pain and Palliative Care Medicine
City of Hope National Medical Center
Duarte, California

Linda M. Gorman, RN, MN, PMHCNS-BC, CHPN, OCN, FPCN
Palliative Care Clinical
Nurse Specialist and Consultant
Los Angeles, California

Debra E. Heidrich, MSN, RN, ACHPN, AOCN
Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist
Bethesda North Hospital, TriHealth, Inc.
Cincinnati, Ohio

Patti Knight, RN, MSN, CS, CHPN
Palliative Care Unit Patient Manager
Department of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas