10/23/2019
This morning I woke early, thinking about a question posted on the HPNA Educators Special Interest Forum. A palliative care nurse had been asked to give a short presentation on palliative care to second semester nursing students. The palliative care nurse outlined an engaging education session and then asked about writing or accessing NCLEX style
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The PAINAD is a standardized tool used for assessing pain when a person has dementia or is no longer able to speak for themselves. In this role-play podcast, Bob is living in a long term care facility and has dementia. Bob has become uncooperative with care, and the care staff wonder if his care-giving needs
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Kath Murray tackles this difficult topic and help build an understanding of the term “good death.” In this video, she teaches how it is possible to provide care and help to provide a good death for a person.
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Can preparing for death make dying easier for the person or family? This podcast examines strategies that are used to help prepare the person and family for dying. These strategies have been shown to help reduce fear and anxiety, and well as empower people to make plans for their future. Timeline 0:00 Start 0:25 Why
Read More06/18/2019
Kath Murray introduces this role play series of videos, involving a nurse communicating with a family member (daughter) about managing pain. Kath Murray plays the role of the nurse, while Patricia Gilbert plays the part of the daughter of a person receiving hospice and palliative care. This video discusses different types of pain, the sensations of,
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Guest Post by Angela Bruce, RN Florence Nightingale in the Crimean War Photo Credit: www.healinghealth.com When I think of a single nurse’s voice, Florence Nightingale comes to mind. In the midst of the Crimean War battlefields, the “lady with a lamp” provided compassionate care to the sick and injured, murmuring words of comfort and offering
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This podcast introduces a standardized tool, the Fraser Health Symptom Assessment Acronym, and demonstrates its use in a role play. Bob lives in a rural setting, approximately 2 hours from the nearest hospital. He appears to be experiencing a new pain and the care team decides to assess him. The SBAR is also used for
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Life and Death Matters reached out to a few colleges and hospices using the text, Integrating a Palliative Approach: Essentials for Personal Support Workers, and companion resources in their teaching and asked permission to survey students about their learning experiences in hospice and palliative care. An online survey was distributed to individuals who used the
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The Language We Use Person centered care is at the core of providing hospice and palliative care. Learn how the language we use can isolate and depersonalize a person who is dying or receiving benefits of a palliative approach. Develop skills for referring to the person respectfully and appropriately.
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