Category: Palliative Care

  • Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

    Bill summary Seeks to amend the Public Health Service Act (Congress.Gov, 2019). To raise the number of permanent faculty in palliative care institutions. Beneficiaries: accredited osteopathic and allopathic training institutions. Aim: promote education and research in hospices and palliative care. Specifics of the Bill All palliative care and hospice education centers to: Promote inter-professional team-based…

  • Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

    Bill summary Seeks to amend the Public Health Service Act (Congress.Gov, 2019). To raise the number of permanent faculty in palliative care institutions. Beneficiaries: accredited osteopathic and allopathic training institutions. Aim: promote education and research in hospices and palliative care. Specifics of the Bill All palliative care and hospice education centers to: Promote inter-professional team-based…

  • Palliative Care and Hospice Education Bill Advocacy

    Dear Senator Underwood, I am a registered nurse (APRN) in state/jurisdiction and work in. I want to ask you about the support bill H.R. 647: Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act. I know that you are cosponsor of this bill and familiar with its context and significance, but I want to provide some…

  • Early vs. Delayed Palliative Care Management

    Key Information: Authors and Topic Alleviating pain in patients with oncology issues is one of the crucial tasks faced by nurses in the modern healthcare setting (Paice et al., 2016). In their study, Bakitas et al. (2015) compare early and delayed palliative care management techniques. Primary quantitative analysis was conducted to determine the benefits and…

  • Being Mortal: Palliative Care

    End of life care is always associated with fundamental questions that can hardly be answered in many ways. Patients often feel depressed and unable to make decisions while healthcare professionals may also lack the necessary knowledge and health to ensure the high-quality end of life care. The insufficient knowledge of healthcare professionals is deeply rooted…

  • Palliative Care: Trends and Issues

    Table of Contents Introduction Current Research in Palliative Care Challenges in Palliative Care Conclusion References Introduction In the past few decades, Palliative Care (PC) has emerged as an important movement that addressed the needs of the sick in terms of relieving suffering and enhancing the quality of life. The World Health Organization defines palliative care…

  • Organization of a Palliative Care Unit

    Palliative care is given to those who are nearing the last days of their lives when providing the best quality for remaining life is more significant than prolonging a miserable life (National Ethics Committee, 2007). Sometimes even aggressive high quality palliative care does not relieve them of symptoms like vomiting, dyspnoea and severe pain which…

  • Animal Assistance Therapy in Palliative Care

    Animal-Assisted Therapy Animal-assisted therapy is a type of therapy that employs animals for motivational and educational purposes, to facilitate treatment and improve social, emotional, or cognitive state of patients. However, there is also a number of scientific works pointing out the gaps in research concerning animal-assisted literature, which are made worse with their methodological weaknesses…

  • Pharmacovigilance in Hospice, Palliative Care

    Table of Contents Title Abstract Introduction Hypothesis and Purpose Literature review Conclusion Reference This paper critically analyzed a research study that was conducted to identify the various side effects of haloperidol on delirium patients receiving hospice care. The researchers largely followed the scientific method in conducting and presenting their study. Success was registered by the…

  • The Role of the Nurse in a Palliative Care Setting.

    Table of Contents Introduction Body Summary References Introduction Nurses play a crucial role in Palliative Care Setting providing communication and patients’ support for diverse patients groups. Palliative care has grown rapidly during the last two decades. Stimulated by the development of life-saving and monitoring techniques requiring specialized personnel and equipment, palliative care units developed in…