1. Palliative Care in Heart Failure.
- Author
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Hupcey JE, Kitko L, and Alonso W
- Subjects
- Bereavement, Communication, Hospice Care, Humans, Advance Care Planning, Heart Failure mortality, Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing, Palliative Care psychology
- Abstract
The number of patients with heart failure is growing; the associated morbidity and mortality remains dismal. Advance care planning, end-of-life conversations, and palliative care referrals are appropriate, but do not occur regularly. Palliative care focuses on patients and families from diagnosis, to hospice, death, and bereavement. It is delivered as basic palliative care by all providers and by specialty-certified palliative care specialists. Nurses are well-positioned to provide basic. Nurses are also instrumental in initiating referrals to the specialized palliative care team as the patient's needs become too complex or the disease progresses and the patient approaches the end of life., (Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
- Published
- 2015
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