Principles of end-of-life care [4, 11, 14, 22,23,24, 33, 34] | Definition, objectives and history [23, 24] | Definition of end-of-life care [23, 24] |
A Historical overview of end-of-Life care [23, 24] |
The Process of Dying [4, 11, 23, 33] | Different aspects of death [4, 23, 33] |
Dignified death [4, 11] |
The role of the nurse in end-of-life care [4, 14, 22, 34] | The position of the nurse in end-of-life care [4] |
Essential nursing skills for end-of-life care [14, 22, 34] |
Communication skills [11,12,13,14, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 31, 33, 34]. | Principles of effective communication [11, 13, 14, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 31, 33, 34] | Patient [11, 14, 20, 22, 23, 25, 28, 33] |
Caregivers [14, 20, 22, 23, 25, 31, 33] |
Healthcare team [11, 13, 26, 34] |
Facilitators and barriers to therapeutic communication with the dying patient [11,12,13, 22, 28, 29, 34] | Facilitators [11,12,13, 28, 29, 34] |
Barriers [12, 22, 29] |
Physical considerations [6,8,12,14,21,23,24,25,26, 28,29,31,32,33] | Pain management [8, 14, 21, 24, 26, 29, 31,32,33] | Pharmaceutical treatments [8, 14, 21, 24, 31,32,33] |
Non-pharmacological treatments [21, 24, 26, 29, 31] |
Nutritional management [6, 24] | Oral nutrition [6, 24] |
Total parenteral nutrition [6] |
Respiratory management [6, 8, 21, 24, 25, 28, 33] | Pharmaceutical treatments [6, 8, 21, 24, 25, 33] |
Non-pharmacological treatments [6, 8, 24, 28] |
Skin care [6, 12, 21, 25, 28, 33] | Prevention of skin problems [6, 25, 28, 33] |
Treatment of skin disorders [12, 21, 25, 28, 33] |
Management of disposal problems [6, 23,24,25, 29] | Urinary incontinence [6, 29] |
Fecal incontinence [6, 24, 25, 29] |
Psychosocial and Spiritual considerations 3,6,8,12,13,20,21,22, 24,25,26,27,29,30,31,32] | Management of Anxiety [3, 6, 12, 21, 25, 26, 31] | Pharmaceutical treatments [3, 6, 12, 31] |
Non-pharmacological treatments [3,31,25,26 |
Management of Depression [3, 21, 25, 26] | Pharmaceutical treatments [3, 21] |
Non-pharmacological treatments [3, 25, 26] |
Management of emotional distress [26, 27, 32] | Coping skills [26, 27, 32] |
Patient-centered Care [20, 22, 30] | Ways to maintain maximum patient independence [20, 22, 30] |
Family-centered care [20, 30] | Methods of involving the family in the care process [20, 30] |
Spiritual care [3, 8, 13, 24, 25, 31, 32] | Responding to the spiritual needs [3, 8, 13, 31, 32] |
Responding to the epistemological needs [3, 13, 24, 25] |
Ethical considerations [3, 8, 13, 23, 24, 29,30,31, 33, 34] | Ethical principles [3, 8, 23, 30, 31, 33] | Four ethical principles (Autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice) [3, 8, 23, 30, 31, 33] |
Ethical challenges [3, 8, 13, 24, 29, 30, 34] | Advanced care planning [3, 8, 24, 30] |
Withholding and withdrawing treatment [13, 24, 29, 34] |
After-death care [3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 21, 23, 24, 29, 32, 34] | Corpse care [6] | Considerations for the care of the corpse [6] |
Legal considerations [3, 12, 21] | Legal issues after death [3, 12, 21] |
Support the family of the deceased [8, 23, 29] | Improving empathy skills [8, 23, 29] |
Loss and mourning [4, 6, 8, 12, 23, 24, 29, 32, 34] | Management of loss and mourning in the family [4, 6, 8, 12, 23, 24, 29, 32, 34] |
