This book covers the following topics:
• Essential concepts in palliative care
• Assessment
• Anxiety and depression
• Breathlessness
• Fatigue
• Pain
• Quality improvement
Palliative Care is suitable for qualified nurses in any setting that has palliative care patients. This will include registered nurses in hospitals, care homes, hospices and working in the community. The resource is also suitable for care assistants, members of multidisciplinary and multiprofessional teams and pre- and post-registration students taking modules on palliative care.
This textbook has been produced in association with the RCN Palliative Nursing Forum.