SECTION I: GENERAL PRINCIPLES: Introduction to palliative nursing care / Nessa Coyle --
National consensus project for quality palliative care: promoting excellence in palliative nursing / Constance M. Dahlin --
Hospital-based palliative care / Patricia Maani-Fogelman and Marie A. Bakitas --
Principles of patient and family assessment / John D. Chovan, Douglas Cluxton and Patrice Rancour --
Communication in palliative care: an essential competency for nurses / Constance M. Dahlin and Elaine Wittenberg --
SECTION II: SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT: Pain assessment / Regina M. Fink, Rose A. Gates, and Robert K. Montgomery --
Pain at the end of life / Judith A. Paice --
Fatigue / Edith O'Neil-Page, Paula R. Anderson, and Grace E. Dean --
Anorexia and Cachexia / Dorothy Wholihan --
Nausea and vomiting / Kimberly Chow, Daniel Cogan and Sonni Mun --
Dysphagia, xerostomia, and hiccups / Constance M. Dahlin and Audrey Kurash Cohen --
Bowel management: constipation, diarrhea, obstruction, and ascites / Denice Caraccia Economou --
Artificial nutrition and hydration / Michelle S. Gabriel and Jennifer A. Tschanz --
Dyspnea terminal secretions, and cough / Deborah Dudgeon --
Urinary tract disorders / Mikel Gray and Terran Sims --
Lymphedema management / Mei R. Fu and Bonnie B. Lasinski --
Skin disorders: pressure ulcers: prevention and management / Barbara M. Bates-Jensen and Sirin Petch --
Skin disorders: malignant wounds, fistulas, and stomas / Susie Seaman and Barbara M. Bates-Jensen --
Pruritis, fever, and sweats / Philip J. Larkin --
Neurological disorders / Margaret A. Schwartz --
Anxiety and depression / Jeannie V. Pasacreta, Pamela A. Minarik, Leslie Nield-Anderson and Judith A. Paice --
Delirium, confusion, agitation, and restlessness / Debra E. Heidrich and Nancy K. English --
Insomnia / Laura Bourdeanu, Marjorie J. Hein, and Ellen A. Liu --
Sexuality / Marianne Matzo --
Urgent syndromes at the end of life / Barton T. Bobb --
Sedation for refractory symptoms / Patti Knight, Laura A. Espinosa, and Bonnie Freeman --
Complementary and alternative therapies in palliative care / Kate Kravits --
Withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies: mechanical ventilation, dialysis, and cardiac devices / Margaret L. Campbell and Linda M. Gorman --
SECTION III: PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT: The meaning of hope in the dying / Valerie T. Cotter and Anessa M. Foxwell --
Bereavement / Inge B.Corless --
Supporting families in palliative care / Rose Steele and Betty Davies --
Planning for the actual death / Patricia Berry and Julie Griffie --
Spiritual assessment / Elizabeth Johnston Taylor --
Spiritual care intervention / Rev. Pamela Baird --
Meaning in illness / Tami Borneman and Katherine Brown-Saltzman --
SECTION IV: SPECIAL PATIENT POPULATIONS: Caring for those with chronic illness / Terri L. Maxwell --
Cultural considerations in palliative care / Polly Mazanec and Joan T. Panke --
Elderly patients / Susan Derby, Roma Tickoo, and Reggie-Saldivar --
Poor, homeless, and underserved populations / Anne Hughes --
End-of-life care for patients with mental illness and personality disorders / Betty D. Morgan --
Patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome / Carl A. Kirton and Deborah Witt Sherman --
Caring for the patient with substance use disorder at the end of life / Kenneth L. Kirsh, Peggy Compton, Kathy Egan-City, and Steven D. Passik --
Palliative care of cancer survivors / Mary S. McCabe and Stacie Corcoran --
Veterans / Deborah Grassman --
SECTION V: END-OF-LIFE CARE ACROSS SETTINGS: Improving the quality of care across all settings / Marilyn Bookbinder and Romina Arceo --
Long-term care: focus on nursing homes / Joan G. Carpenter and Mary Ersek --
Home care and hospice home care / Paula Milone-Nuzzo, Elizabeth Ercolano, and Ruth McCorkle --
The intensive care unit / Jennifer McAdam and Kathleen Puntillo --
Palliative care nursing in the outpatient setting / Pamela Stitzlein Davies --
Rehabilitation and palliative care / Donna J. Wilson and Kathleen Michael --
The emergency department / Mary Bowman --
The role of nursing in caring for patients undergoing palliative surgery for advanced disease / Anna Cathy Williams, Betty R. Ferrell, Gloria Juarez, and Tami Borneman --
Palliative chemotherapy and clinical trials in advanced cancer: the nurse's role / Virginia Sun --
Rural palliative care / Marie A. Bakitas, Kathleen N. Clifford, J. Nicholas Dionne-Odom, and Elizabeth Kvale --
Palliative care in mass casualty events with scarce resources / Anne Wilkinson and Marianne Matzo --
SECTION VI: PEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE CARE: Symptom management in pediatric palliative care / Melody Brown-Hellsten and Stacey Berg --
Pediatric hospice and palliative care / Vanessa Battista and Gwenn LaRagione --
Pediatric care: transitioning goals of care in the emergency department, intensive care unit, and in between / Barbara Jones, Marcia Levetown and Melody Brown Hellsten --
End-of-life decision-making in pediatric oncology / Pamela S. Hinds, Linda L. Oakes, and Wayne L. Furman --
Palliative care in the neonatal intensive care unit / Cheryl Thaxton, Brigit Carter, and Chi Dang Hornik --
Grief and bereavement in pediatric palliative care / Rana Limbo and Betty Davies --
Pediatric pain: knowing the child before you / Mary Layman-Goldstein and Dane Kramer --
SECTION VII: SPECIAL ISSUES FOR THE NURSE IN END-OF-LIFE CARE: The advanced practice registered nurse / Clareen Wiencek --
Reflections on occupational stress in palliative care nursing: is it changing? / Mary L.S. Vachon, Peter K. Huggard, and Jayne Huggard --
Ethical considerations in palliative care / Maryjo Prince-Paul and Barbara J. Daly --
Palliative care and requests for assistance in dying / Deborah L. Volker --
Nursing education / Pamela Malloy --
Nursing research / Betty R. Ferrell, Marcia Grant, and Virginia Sun --
Enhancing team effectiveness / Shirley Otis-Green and Iris Cohen Fineberg --
Clinical intervention, economic impact, and palliative care / Patrick L. Coyne, Thomas J. Smith, and Laurel J. Lyckholm --
International palliative care initiatives / Stephen R. Connor --
Palliative care in Canada / Doris Howell and Ann Syme --
Palliative care in Australia and New Zealand / Margaret O'Connor --
Palliative care in the UK / Nancy Preston and Katherine Froggatt --
Palliative care in Europe / Marianne Jensen Hjermstad and Stein Kaasa --
Palliative care in Latin America / Tania Pastrana, Denisse Ruth Parra Giordano, Miguel Antonio Sánchez Cárdenas, Xiomara Carmona Montoya, and Beatriz Montes de Oca --
Palliative care in Africa / Faith N. Mwangi-Powell, Julia Downing, Richard A. Powell, Fatia Kiyange, and Henry Ddungu --
Palliative care in Japan / Sayaka Takenouchi and Keiko Tamura --
Palliative care in South Korea / Hyun Sook Kim and Boon Han Kim --
Palliative care in Eastern Europe / Nicoleta Mitrea and Daniela Mosoiu --
Palliative care in the Philippines / Ayda G. Nambayan and Henry U. Lu --
Palliative care in situations of conflict / Nathan I. Cherny --
Palliative care as a human right / Frank Brennan, Liz Gwyther, Diederik Lohman, Fatia Kiyange, Tamar Ezer, and Faith N. Mwangi-Powell --
A good death / Gay Walker --
APPENDIX: Palliative care resource list / Rose Virani and Licet Garcia.
