Tools for Practice

Our clinical team has identified protocols, advanced practices, and assessment and evaluation tools to help support your practice.
Symptoms
Anorexia / Cachexia
Anxiety
Ascites
Bleeding
Bowel obstruction
Congestion
Constipation / diarrhea
Cough
Dehydration
Delirium
Depression
Drowsiness
Dyspnea
Fatigue
General
99 Common Questions (And More) About Hospice Palliative Care: A Nurses Handbook, 3rd ed.
This handbook was written to enhance the professional caregiver’s capacity and confidence in offering hospice palliative... read more...
Cancer Information and Support Service
This  national, bilingual, toll-free service is provided by the Canadian Cancer Society for patients, families and health... read more...
Care at the Close of Life: Evidence and Experience
As part of the JAMA evidence series, Care at the Close of Life: Evidence and Experience offers evidence-based and clinical... read more...
Care Beyond Cure: Management of Pain and Other Symptoms
Care Beyond Cure (4th ed),  produced by the Medical  Scientific Bookstore and the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists,  presents... read more...
Clinical Practice Guideline for Palliative Sedation
Calgary Region Palliative Care Program developed this guideline to establish ethically acceptable criteria and guidelines... read more...
Companion Booklet: Medical Care of the Dying, 4th ed.
This pocket-sized version contains a selection of tables, graphs, and charts from various chapters of the Medical Care of... read more...
Early Palliative Care for Patients with Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Study released August 19, 2010 in the New England Journal of Medicine found that palliative care not only improved quality... read more...
End-of-Life Care: A Practical Guide
This book provides clinical guidance for health care providers on various end-of-life symptoms, grief and bereavement, communication,... read more...
ESAS-r: Edmonton Symptom Assessment System Revised
The revised Edmonton Symptom Assessment System Revised (ESAS-r) (1) replaces the ESAS (2). The ESAS-r is freely available... read more...
Hospice and palliative care Handbook: Quality, Compliance, and Reimbursement
Pocket-sized guide covering all hospice-related conditions. For nurses features include: guidelines in alphabetical order,... read more...
Hypercalcemia
Lymphedema
Malignant wound
Mouth care
Myoclonis / Seizures
Nausea / vomiting
Pain
Radiation skin reactions
Spinal cord compression - see Palliative care emergencies
Swallowing
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