The Hospice and Palliative APRN Professional Practice Guide, 2017
ISBN-13: 978-1-934654-52-1
Entry into the specialty of hospice and palliative nursing as an APRN can be daunting with meeting regulatory and professional requirements for APRN practice. This guide offers information to assist APRN entry into specialty advanced practice palliative nursing. Eight chapters in this guide provide an outline of the necessary elements for the novice APRN to start practice ... Details
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Core Curriculum for the Hospice and Palliative APRN, Third Edition 2020
ISBN-13: 978-1-934654-00-2
The Core Curriculum is an essential tool for the Hospice and Palliative APRN. The Core Curriculum offers information in all aspects of hospice and palliative advanced practice registered nursing. It reflects evidence-based practice and the 4th edition of the National Consensus Project For Quality Palliative Care Clinical Practice... Details
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Competencies for the Palliative and Hospice Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, 3rd edition, 2021
ISBN: 978-1-934654-06-4
These competencies delineate the essential professional expectations in advanced practice palliative nursing. The third edition of the Competencies for the Palliative and Hospice Advanced Practice Registered Nurse explicates the comprehensive knowledge, skills, and expertise that are outcome-specific and measurable. They are grounded in... Details
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Demystifying Opioid Conversation Calculations: A Guide for Effective Dosing, Second Edition, 2018
ISBN-13: 978-1-58528-429-0
Praised by practitioners, students, and instructors for its engaging approach to teaching a very complex subject, Demystifying Opioid Conversion Calculations: A Guide for Effective Dosing, has long been the go-to guide for learning how to choose and calculate opioid in realistic case examples. The revised edition covers the entire spectrum of ... Details
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Symptom Management Algorithms: A Handbook for Palliative Medicine - 4th Edition, 2019
ISBN: 978 1 888444 22 5
This is a book with the core information needed for medical professionals working with hospice, home care, palliative care resource teams, oncology services, and long-term care facilities. As a pocket-sized book that offers symptom management algorithms for hospice and palliative care delivery, it reflects current practice. There is a detailed assessment... Details
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Palliative Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, 6th edition, 2021
ISBN: 978-1-934654-01-9
Palliative nursing reflects a holistic philosophy of care and services for patients and families who face serious illness in a wide variety of settings and conditions. The new Palliative Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice delineates the who, what, when, where, why, and how of palliative nursing practice. It reflects the contemporary and dynamic health environment,... Details
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Competencies for the Hospice and Palliative Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse, 3rd Edition, 2021
ISBN: 978-1-934654-03-3
The Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association’s Competencies for the Hospice and Palliative Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse lays out the roles and responsibilities for high-quality practice, with an emphasis on partnership and collaboration. The competencies represent and describe the knowledge, attitudes, and skills that hospice and... Details
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Licensed Practical/Vocational Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, 2nd Edition, 2021
ISBN: 978-1-934654-04-0
The Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association’s Licensed Practical/Vocational Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, outlines the organizing principles of current evidence-based practice for hospice and palliative licensed practical/vocational nurses. The publication identifies the responsibilities of licensed practical/vocational nurses who are... Details
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Core Curriculum for the Hospice and Palliative LPVN, 3rd Edition, 2021
ISBN: 978-1-934654-08-8
The Hospice and Palliative Nurse’s Association Core Curriculum for the Hospice and Palliative LPVN provides evidence-based practice information regarding all aspects of hospice and palliative professional nursing practice. The text is intended for hospice and palliative licensed practical/vocational nurses and nurses in other practice settings who care for patients with... Details
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Competencies for the Hospice and Palliative Nursing Assistant, Third Edition 2021
ISBN: 978-1-934654-10-1
The Hospice and Palliative Nursing Assistant competencies lay out the roles and responsibilities for quality practice, with an emphasis on partnership and collaboration. The Hospice and Palliative Nursing Assistant Competencies represent and describe the knowledge, attitudes, and skills that hospice and palliative nursing assistants demonstrate when providing... Details
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Nursing Assistant: Scope and Standards of Practice, Third Edition, 2021
ISBN: 978-1-934654-09-5
The Hospice and Palliative Nursing Assistant Scope and Standards serve as a guide for nursing assistants. The standards of care include skills, team collaboration, outcome identification, planning, implementation of interventions, and monitoring the outcomes for patients with serious illnesses and their families. Additionally, the standards of performance provide the... Details
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Core Curriculum for the Hospice and Palliative Nursing Assistant and Study Guide, 2021 (4TH Edition)
ISBN- 978-1-934654-11-8
Nursing assistants are vital members of the hospice and palliative care interdisciplinary team. As a result of time, they spend caring for the patient and family from diagnosis of a serious illness to end-of-life, they develop genuinely caring relationships and are true advocates for their patients. The Hospice and Palliative Nurse’s... Details
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Competencies for the Palliative and Hospice Registered Nurse, 4th edition, 2021
ISBN: 978-1-934654-07-1
These competencies delineate the essential professional expectations in palliative nursing. The Competencies for the Palliative and Hospice Registered Nurse, 4th edition, explicates the comprehensive knowledge, skills, and expertise that are outcome-specific and measurable. They are grounded in Palliative Nursing: Scope and Standards, 6th edition, and describe... Details
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The microlearnings available in HPNA University are short eLearning lessons that are specifically focused on one topic. Lesson times typically range from 10 to 20 minutes.
PPS Microlearning
This lesson covers the use of the Palliative Performance Scale (PPS). The scale is designed to give you a general overview of the patient's condition and functional level. The PPS is widely used in hospice and palliative care as a quick standardized communication tool to assess... Details
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National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care. Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, Fourth Edition, 2018.
ISBN: 978-0-692-17943-7
The fourth edition of this publication is available for download as a PDF or e-pub, online, or in book form through the National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care website at www.nationalcoalitionhpc.org/ncp/.
This edition creates a blueprint for excellence by establishing a... Details
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Although nurses have been identified as the most trusted profession year after year, there is a distinct absence of nursing input in national reporting and across social media platforms. However, social media can give nurses a voice on important nursing, healthcare, and patient care issues by publicly showcasing their clinical expertise and commitment to their practice. By engaging in discussions online and sharing thoughts and opinions, nurses can increase the public's recognition... Details
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Conversations in Palliative Care: Questions and Answers with the Experts, Fourth Edition, 2017
ISBN-13: 978-1-934654-53-8
Conversations in Palliative Care focuses on adults from the age of 18 and above with serious illness. Nurses constantly encounter complex palliative patient care situations wherever patients are located including the home, the office, the long term care facility and all areas of the acute care. In order to provide the best care and meet the... Details
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Core Curriculum for the Hospice and Palliative Administrator, Second Edition, 2017
ISBN-13: 978-1-934654-50-7
The second edition of the Core Curriculum for Hospice and Palliative Care Administrators targets individual want to advance their knowledge in of hospice and palliative program leadership. In the rapidly changing landscape of our industry and the broader healthcare system, expert knowledge and skills are required of hospice and palliative care program... Details
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HPNA Palliative Nursing Manuals
These manuals are a synthesis of content from Oxford Palliative Nursing Textbook organized within the eight domains of the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care Clinical Practice Guidelines. Plentiful tables, figures, and practical tools such as assessment instruments, pharmacology tables, and patient teaching points make these volumes useful resources for nurses. The content of the concise, clinically-focused volumes in the HPNA ... Details
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Compendium of Nursing Care for Common Serious Illnesses
ISBN: 978-1-934654-56-9
Author: Phyllis Whitehead, PhD, MSN, CNS, ACHPN, RN-BC & Constance Dahlin, MSN, ANP-BC, ACHPN, FPCN, FAA
Edition: 3rd edition
Written by leaders in the field, the Compendium of Nursing Care for Common Serious Illnesses is information on seven common topics: Neurocognitive Disorders, Neurological Disorders, Advanced Heart Failure, Kidney Disorders, HIV/AIDS, Advanced Lung... Details
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Core Curriculum for the Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Nurse, Second Edition, 2017
ISBN-13: 978-1-934654-54-5
The Core Curriculum is an essential tool for the Pediatric Hospice and Palliative RN as well as pediatric nurses in any setting where children are receiving care. The Pediatric Core Curriculum offers information in all aspects of pediatric palliative nursing practice. The focus is on children’s developmental level and how they respond to pain and other... Details
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Conversations in Perinatal, Neonatal, and Pediatric Palliative Care, 2017
ISBN-13: 978-1-934654-36-1
Conversations in Perinatal, Neonatal, and Pediatric Palliative Care focuses on children with serious illness. Nurses constantly encounter complex patient care situations in pediatric palliative care from the neonatal intensive care, pediatric intensive care, and oncology settings, as well as home and clinics. In order to provide the best care and meet the unique... Details
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Core Curriculum for the Hospice and Palliative Registered Nurse, Fourth Edition, 2015
ISBN-13: 978-1-4652-7728-2
The Core Curriculum is an essential tool for the Hospice and Palliative RN. The Core Curriculum offers information in all aspects of hospice and palliative registered nursing practice. It reflects evidence-based evidence and the fourth edition of the National Consensus Project For Quality Palliative Care Clinical Practice Guidelines. This fourth... Details
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Study Guide for the Hospice and Palliative Registered Nurse, Fourth Edition, 2015
ISBN-13: 978-1-4652-6946-1
The Study Guide for the Hospice and Palliative Registered Nurse, is a companion textbook to the Core Curriculum for the Hospice and Palliative Registered Nurse. The intent is to enhance existing and newly learned principles of hospice and palliative nursing with corresponding review questions including pharmacological interventions and in-depth case... Details
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