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Advance care planning in a community setting

04 February 2015

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Aim To evaluate the effects of implementing an advance care planning process within pilot sites in North Ayrshire in 2010, focusing on people with palliative care...

Developing a palliative care outreach service

21 April 2004

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article describes the development of a palliative care outreach service by two nurse practitioners into ten community hospitals. The service was designed to...

Developing palliative care practice in the community

06 November 2002

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

The inadequacy of some areas of palliative care provision was acknowledged in the NHS Cancer Plan (DoH 2000). Many patients would prefer to die at home, but only one...

Understanding depression in palliative and end-of-life care

28 November 2008

Nursing Standard

CPD

Depression in patients receiving palliative and end-of-life care is difficult to distinguish from grief and sadness. However, there are some important distinctions...

Using the Liverpool Care Pathway for a dying patient

31 May 2006

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article describes the experience of staff in one acute hospital in Northern Ireland who adapted the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) for the dying patient to suit...

Promoting privacy and dignity for older patients in hospital

11 January 2006

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article defines dignity and suggests some practical guidance on ways that dignity can be a priority in daily clinical practice, drawing on work undertaken at...

Specialist palliative care for patients with non-cancer diagnosis

04 October 2006

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

All patients with palliative care needs should receive an equitable service, and there is evidence to suggest that patients with life-limiting illnesses other than...

Oesophageal cancer: symptoms, treatment and nursing role

13 April 2011

Nursing Standard

CPD

This article examines the symptoms and treatment of oesophageal cancer. The article focuses on the nurse’s role in post-operative care of oesophagectomy patients....

Home-based palliative care for children: the case for funding

01 September 2006

Paediatric Nursing

Policy

Paediatric palliative care services have grown up in response to local needs with the result that provision is patchy and in some areas non-existent. Funding for...

Reflecting on practice in children’s palliative care

01 April 2007

Paediatric Nursing

Short report

Palliative care nursing practice can be enhanced if the clinical judgements made in applying palliative care philosophy to individual situations are critically...

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