Hebron University

Nursing Faculty
Adult Nursing Clinical
72211
Palliative Care
Augusta Victoria Hospital
Rayan B.Abu Hammad
21711485
Ins.: Haneen Jabari
23/2/2019
*Outline:
• Introduction.
• Video.
• Definition.
• Myths and facts.
• Characteristics.
• Main aim.
• Close communication.
• Partnership of palliative care.
• Diseases types and palliative care.
• Article inserted.
*Introduction:
Palliative care is probably the misunderstood
and underrepresented discipline in health care
compared to its potential impact and
overwhelming needs.
*Video:
• palliative care like a bridge
*Definition:
• Palliative care is specialized care for people
with serious illness.
• This type of care is focused on providing relief
from the symptoms and stress of a serious
illness.
• The goal is to improve quality of life for the
patient and the family.
 Myths and Facts
Myths Facts
• Is considering palliative care • End of life care is just one
as equal to end of care, component of palliative
limiting it to someone care, not the whole of it
holding a dying patient’s
hand, uttering comforting
words and pushing
morphine
 .Cont
Myths Facts
• Is that palliative care is • Pain management is an
mainly pain management; it important part of palliative
is all about pushing care and it deserves the
analgesic or narcotic up the emphasis received, but it
pain management ladder. does not sum up palliative
care.
 .Cont
• Is that palliative care • Palliative care is a true
can be done by one multidisciplinary team
person and does not field and requires all
require many specialists level of expertise and
or health care skills.
professionals .
 .Cont
• Is that palliative care is • Evidence-based
soft and mushy field. management guidelines
This is an impression and other evolving data
coming from lack of and programs prove
understanding of this that palliative care is
new field. hard-core science-
based discipline.
*Characteristics:
• Scope of care.
• Target of care.
• Setting of care.
• Providers team.
*Main Aim(improve quality of life):
• Palliative care teams specialize in treating
people suffering from symptoms and stress of
serious illness.
• This type of care treats pain, depression,
shortness of breath, fatigue, constipation,
nausea, loss of appetite, difficulty sleeping,
anxiety and any other symptoms that may be
causing distress.
*Close communication:
• Palliative care team spend time talking to the
patient and listening.
• And make sure that the patient understand all
of hiss options and choices.
• And also make sure that all of their doctors
are coordinated and know and understand
what they want.
*Partnership of palliative care:
(team, patient, family)

Psychologist+ They provide an extra layer of

support when the patient need it
Social the most.
workers+
Spiritual
counselor+ To treating symptoms and stress
and support the patient and his
Doctors+ family.
Nurses are
work together Supportive management and
symptoms control throughout the
disease trajectory.
*Diseases types and palliative care:
The goal of palliative care is to improve quality of life.
Palliative care specialists treat people living with many
diseases types and chronic illnesses, which include:
• Cancer.
• Cardiac disease.
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Kidney failure.
• Parkinson’s.
• Alzheimer’s.
*Article inserted:
• Title: Palliative care, improving nursing
knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors.
• Methods: this project had a pre-/post-test
designed to assess knowledge, attitudes, and
behaviors of oncology registered nurses.
 :.Cont*
• Findings: results showed a statistically
significant differences after the educational
interventions for knowledge, attitudes, and
behaviors.
• The number of conversations with patients
and caregivers about palliative care and end of
life care increased significantly.
Palliative Care is not just about being
humane to each other; but also about being
prudent developers of better future health
care system for us and our children.
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