NURS 4005/ NURS 4006 Week 5: Holistic and Patient-Centered Care

An important area in nursing practice is in palliative and end-of-life care. Palliative care provides a more holistic approach to patient care and attempts to slow the progression of a disease. Palliative care can include an array of non-pharmaceutical therapies such as massage therapy or yoga. It can also include shorter or smaller treatments aimed at reducing negative side effects.

 

End-of-life care is about the process of dying. Helping patients and their families through this time can be difficult yet rewarding. Patients deserve respect and quality care through this time as well. Like nurses who practice in palliative care organizations, hospice nurses are moving toward alternative therapies to aid in comforting the terminally ill patient. As more care is being delivered in the home, the role of the nurse in providing palliative and end-of-life care will continue to evolve.

 

This week, you will consider the emerging role of nursing in palliative and end-of-life care. In addition, the ethical issues nurses face with end-of-life care are examined. Finally, you will complete work on your Dashboard nursing plan Assignment.

 

Learning Objectives

Students will:

Identify challenges related to the nurse’s role in providing alternative therapies for patient care

Analyze the use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine approaches in relation to alternative therapies for patient care

Evaluate Complementary and Alternative Medicine approaches in teaching plans for nurses

Analyze the role of the nurse and patient in developing care plans

Analyze quality improvement dashboards for nursing plans

Learning Resources

Required Readings

Aldridge, M. D., Hasselaar, J., Garralda, E., van der Eerden, M., Stevenson, D., McKendrick, K., … Meier, D. E. (2016). Education, implementation, and policy barriers to greater integration of palliative care: A literature review. Palliative Medicine, 30(3), 224–239. doi: 10.71177/0269216315606645

 

Anderson, J.G.& Taylor, A.G. (2012). Use of complementary therapies for cancer symptom management: Results of the 2007 National Health Interview survey. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 18(3), 235-241

 

Dabney, B.W. & Tzeng, H.M. (2013). Service quality and patient-centered care. MedSurg Nursing, 22(6), 359-364.

 

De Jonge, K.E., Jamshed, N., Gilden, D., Kubisiak, J., Bruce, S.R. & Taler, G. (2014).  Effects of home-based primary care on Medicare costs in high-risk elders. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 62(10), 1825-1831. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12974

 

Moir, C., Roberts, R., Martz, K., Perry, J., & Tivis, L. J. (2015). Communicating with patients and their families about palliative and end-of-life care: Comfort and educational needs of nurses. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 21(3), 109–112. doi: 10.129768/ijpn.2015.21.3.109

 

National Cancer Institute. (2015). Complementary and alternative medicine for health professionals. Retrieved from http://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/cam/hp

 

American Cancer Society. (2016). Retrieved from http://www.cancer.org/

 

 

 

The American Cancer Society’s website provides information regarding the progress of cancer research, support systems for patients with cancer, and survivor stories. Explore current research on non-invasive and alternative treatment options for cancer patients.

 

Hospice & Palliative Nurses Association. (2016). Retrieved from http://hpna.advancingexpertcare.org/

 

National Quality Forum. (2016a). Palliative care and end-of-life care. Retrieved from http://www.qualityforum.org/Topics/Palliative_Care_and_End-of-Life_Care.aspx

 

EthnoMed. (2016). Clinical topics. Retrieved from http://ethnomed.org/clinical

 

 

 

The EthnoMed site has great resources regarding cultural diversity and beliefs, patient handouts in different languages, research articles, et cetera. NURS 4005 NURS 4006: Topics in Clinical Nursing

 

Document: Dashboard Directions (Word document)

 

Document: Sample Dashboard (Excel workbook)

 

Required Media

Laureate Education. (Producer). (2009d). Topics in clinical nursing: Future directions of nursing care [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

 

 

 

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 15 minutes.