Physical Aspects of Care

Pain and Gastrointestinal Symptoms

Series edited by Betty R. Ferrell and Edited by Judith A. Paice

HPNA Palliative Nursing Manuals

Provides an overview of the principles of symptom assessment and management for symptoms including: pain, fatigue, nausea and vomiting, constipation, diarrhea, obstruction, and ascites.
Highlights nurses' role are the center of the palliative care team
Published in conjunction with the Hospice and Palliative Nursing Association

Physical Aspects of Care

Pain and Gastrointestinal Symptoms

Series edited by Betty R. Ferrell and Edited by Judith A. Paice

HPNA Palliative Nursing Manuals

Description

Palliative care is an essential element of our health care system and 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 strong interdisciplinary approach. Nurses are at the center of the palliative care team across settings and populations. The second volume in the HPNA Palliative Nursing Series, Physical Aspects of Care: Pain, Nausea and Vomiting, Fatigue and Bowel Management, provides an overview of the principles of symptom assessment and management for symptoms including: pain, fatigue, nausea and vomiting, constipation, diarrhea, obstruction, and ascites. The content of the concise, clinically-focused volumes in the HPNA series prepares nurses for certification exams as well as quick-reference in daily practice. Plentiful tables, figures, and practical tools such as assessment instruments, pharmacology tables, and patient teaching points make these volumes useful resources for nurses.

Physical Aspects of Care

Pain and Gastrointestinal Symptoms

Series edited by Betty R. Ferrell and Edited by Judith A. Paice

HPNA Palliative Nursing Manuals

Physical Aspects of Care

Pain and Gastrointestinal Symptoms

Series edited by Betty R. Ferrell and Edited by Judith A. Paice

HPNA Palliative Nursing Manuals

Author Information

Series edited by Betty R. Ferrell, Director and Professor, City of Hope Division of Nursing Research and Education, City of Hope National Medical Center, and Edited by Judith A. Paice, Director, Cancer Pain Program, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Judith A. 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, IIllinois.

Contributors:

Denice Caraccia Economou, RN, MN, CHPN
Senior Research Specialist
City of Hope National Medical Center
Duarte, California

Kimberley Chow, NP-BC, RN
Department of Palliative Care & Pain Management
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

Daniel Cogan, GNP-BC, ACHPN
Director of Palliative Care
Nassau University Medical Center
East Meadow, New York

Constance Dahlin, ANP-BC, ACHPN, FPCN, FAAN
Clinical Director
Palliative Care Service
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Regina M. Fink RN, PhD, AOCN, FAAN
Research Nurse Scientist
University of Colorado Hospital
Cordillera, Colorado

Rose A. Gates, RN, Ph, AOCN, NP
Adult Nurse Practitioner, Oncology
Rock Mountain Cancer Center
Colorado Springs, Colorado

Audrey Kurash Cohen, MS, CCC-SLP
Clinical Speech Language Pathologist
Boston, Massachusetts

Robert K. Montgomery RN, ND
Coordinator of Pain Service
University of Colorado Hospital
Cordillera, Colorado