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Palliative care nursing : caring for suffering patients / Kathleen Ouimet Perrin, Caryn A. Sheehan, Mertie L. Potter, Mary K. Kazanowski.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Publisher: Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Edition: Second editionDescription: xxii, 377 pages illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781284209822
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.029 23
LOC classification:
  • R726.8
NLM classification:
  • WY 152.3
Other classification:
  • Vpm
Summary: "Palliative Care Nursing: Caring for Suffering Patients explores the concept of suffering as it relates to nursing practice. This text helps practicing nurses and students define and recognize various aspects of suffering across the lifespan and within various patient populations while providing guidance in alleviating suffering. In addition, it examines spiritual and ethical perspectives on suffering and discusses how witnessing suffering impacts nurses' ability to assume the professional role. Further, the authors discuss ways nurses as witnesses to suffering can optimize their own coping skills and facilitate personal growth. Provided by publisher.
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Preceded by Palliative care nursing / Kathleen Quimet Perrin ... [et al.], c2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Palliative Care Nursing: Caring for Suffering Patients explores the concept of suffering as it relates to nursing practice. This text helps practicing nurses and students define and recognize various aspects of suffering across the lifespan and within various patient populations while providing guidance in alleviating suffering. In addition, it examines spiritual and ethical perspectives on suffering and discusses how witnessing suffering impacts nurses' ability to assume the professional role. Further, the authors discuss ways nurses as witnesses to suffering can optimize their own coping skills and facilitate personal growth. Provided by publisher.

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