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Dunn PhD RN Cecilia Otten BSN RN and Elizabeth Stephens BSN RN.

Care-of-dying-patient-ppt. 828 Promoting Safety and Comfort. Good palliative care does not hasten death. Older people often live with one or more chronic illnesses and need a lot of care for days weeks and even months before death.

Clinical management of the dying patient The focus of care should be comfort-based avoiding unhelpful investigations and ineffective treatments Aspect of management Recommendations Medication Anticipatory medications to relieve pain nausea dyspnoea and respiratory secretion should be prescribed. Initial assessment and care ongoing care and care after death. An Alzheimers patient should be kept in a safe environment of their home.

Describe some of the physical psychological and social and spiritual issues of dying patients and their families. Patients on oral opioids or anti-emetics may have these changed to subcutaneous. Terminally ill patients demand compassionate care not curative treatment.

The Leadership Alliance for the Care of Dying People has drawn up five priorities for the care of dying people. 22 Patients with heart failure and other terminally ill patients will benefit as. NURSING CARE OF DEATH AND DYING PATIENTS - Free download as Powerpoint Presentation ppt pptx PDF File pdf Text File txt or view presentation slides online.

In humanitarian settings where healthcare providers may not have expertise in palliative care identifying when patients are at this stage of life can be challenging. To them therefore successful dying. Death and Dying Death and Hope Dying and Acceptance Bereavement Prepared by Madeleine Lacefield Tattoon MA.

PowerPoint PPT presentation free to view. New guidance on end-of-life care replacing the controversial Liverpool Pathway focuses on involving and supporting patients in their final days and hours. Define palliative care its basic principles and standards.