Nursing 4400A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Palliative Care, Defecation, Shortness Of Breath
3 Oct 2018
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Palliative care part 2: pain and symptom management. Alleviation of symptoms is intimately tied to the palliative care goal of maximizing the quality of life. Rnao best practice guideline (2011): end-of-life care during the last days and. Palliative care physical symptoms: 5 most prevalent symptoms, dyspnea, constipation, fatigue, pain, delirium. Dyspnea: dyspnea could be from, emotional distress, stress and anxiety (largest factor, an unpleasant awareness of breathing, subjective experience of difficult or uncomfortable breathing. 3: a state of extreme tiredness, exhaustion, weariness, or lethargy, usually unrelieved by rest, screening, management, pharmacologic, ativan or haldol, caffeine, nonpharmacologic. Margo mccaffrey: next dose of hydromorphone will not kill them, they will pass regardless, medication, acetaminophen, nsaids, ketorolac- tortol (im injection, fentanyl, ketamine, demerol, t3, percocet, management, warm blankets. Delirium: a cognitive disturbance resulting from an altered mental state, described in terms of disrupted consciousness and impaired cognition (thinking, perception, memory, also known as terminal restlessness, common causes.
