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... important role the patient’s religion plays in her illness experience ― an essential component of spiritual care at the end of life, in and of itself. Your sense of inadequacy in addressing spiritual...
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... beliefs and practice support me in my palliative care work. I find it easy to talk about spirituality and religious faith with my patients. I also pray with them when they request it. However, how do...
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... fluid. However, a patient may decide to swallow normal food and fluids and accept the risk of aspiration. If there is no hunger or desire for food, then forcing intake might risk making the patient nauseated...
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... medications to see if edema is a potential adverse medication effect. There are case reports of opioids causing peripheral edema, which improved with switching opioids, and gabapentin and pregabalin are...
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... which removes the necrotic tissue and bacteria. [1] Systemic (oral or IV) treatment or topical antibiotic preparations to destroy the bacteria responsible for the malodour. Anaerobic coverage such as metronidazole...
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... long as possible, then oxygen administration may work toward that goal; however, this is not a typical palliative goal. If the goal is to relieve dyspnea, the unconscious patient will likely not be experiencing...
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... an osmotic laxative may be preferred to a higher dose of sennosides, as the former causes less cramping. Reference Twycross R, Wilcock A, Dean M. Canadian Palliative Care Formulary, 1st Canadian ed .
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... professionally compromised. However, the onus is on facility management to take the lead in developing an approach to deal with moral distress when it arises. To learn more, please view The Gallery video...
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... for residents and their families (who may be spending more time at the facility); developing ways to offer information and support to the residents’ families during the final days of care and into bereavement;...
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... Winnipeg and Fraser Health regions provide palliative care across settings - in the community, hospices, and in-patient palliative care units. This approach allows patients to transition from one setting...