Download e-book for iPad: Fast Facts for the Hospice Nurse: A Concise Guide to by Patricia Moyle, PhD, CRNP, ACNS-BC Wright

An on-the-go reference for hospice nurses and people drawn to end-of-life care, this sensible advisor covers the basic components within the compassionate and holistic care of terminally sick sufferers and their households. Nurses deal with sufferers dealing with end-of-life concerns in each perform forte and, because the U.S. inhabitants keeps to age, the necessity for skillability in end-of-life abilities becomes more and more vital. Fast evidence for the Hospice Nurse: A Concise advisor to End-of-Life Care is a useful source that gives emotional, administrative, and palliative help, no matter if in a hospice, long term care facility, or acute care environment. This important go-to textual content basically and concisely lays out not just how one can take care of sufferers dealing with end-of-life matters, but additionally tips to have interaction in self-care and do something about occupational stress.

Beginning with an summary of hospice care, together with its background and philosophy, this e-book bargains a timeline of the expansion of the hospice flow within the usa. next sections comprise updated details at the scientific duties of the hospice nurse in addressing the actual, mental, and non secular wishes of terminally ailing sufferers and their households in a culturally delicate means. This ebook additionally outlines the executive tasks of the hospice nurse, together with hospice documentation, a assessment of hospice laws, and caliber administration. The final part specializes in occupational rigidity in hospice nursing and the way to interact in self-care. this article can function an invaluable scientific source and likewise as a reference for nurses looking hospice certification from the Hospice and Palliative Credentialing Center.

Key Features

• Organized in the context of the scope and criteria of perform of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association.
• Addresses key issues approximately concerns particular to hospice nursing and highlights evidence-based interventions
• Addresses vital Medicare rules and reimbursement
• Offers quite a few medical assets to aid with hospice nursing practice
• Serves as a concise learn source for hospice nursing certification