PART ONE - THE ADVANCED PRACTICE PALLIATIVE NURSE
Chapter 1: History of the Advanced Practice Role in Palliative Nursing
Chapter 2: Fundamental Skills and Education for the Palliative APN
Chapter 3: Credentialing, Certification, and Scope of Practice Issues for
Chapter 4: Reimbursement for Advanced Practice Nurses
Chapter 5: Data Utilization
PART TWO - THE ADVANCED PRACTICE PALLIATIVE NURSE ACROSS HEALTH CARE SETTINGS
Section A. The Advanced Practice Palliative Nurse in the Acute Care Setting
Chapter 6: Emergency Room and Telephonic Communication
Chapter 7: The ICU Setting
Chapter 8: Medical, Surgical and Geriatric
Chapter 9: Palliative Care in Oncology Units
Chapter 10: Palliative Advance Practice Nursing on the Cardiac Specialty Unit
Chapter 11: Solid Organ Transplant
Section B. The Advanced Practice Palliative Nurse in the Ambulatory Care Setting
Chapter 12: The Advanced Practice Nurse in Outpatient Palliative Cancer Care
Chapter 13: The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in the Palliative Care Clinic
Chapter 14: The APN in Primary Care
Chapter 15: Geriatrics in the Outpatient Setting
Chapter 16: Specialty APN Practice
Section C. The Palliative Advanced Practice Nurse in the Community
Chapter 17: Palliative Care as part of a Hospice Program
Chapter 18: The APN in Hospice
Chapter 19: The Advanced Practice Nurse in the Home Setting
Chapter 20: The Palliative Care APN in the Nursing Home
Chapter 21: The Advanced Practice Palliative Nurse in the Rehabilitation Unit/Hospital
Chapter 22: Access to and Delivery of Palliative and Hospice Care in Rural and Remote Areas: The Influence of Geography, Availability of Health Care Providers, and Culture
PART THREE - PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT FOR ADVANCED PRACTICE PALLIATIVE NURSE
Section A. Physical Symptoms
Chapter 23: Pain
Chapter 24: Dyspnea
Chapter 25: Bowel Symptoms: Constipation, Diarrhea, and Obstruction
Chapter 26: Anorexia and Cachexia
Chapter 27: Cough
Chapter 28: Other challenging symptoms: Dry Mouth, Hiccups, Fevers, Pruritus, Sleep Disorders
Chapter 29: Fatigue
Chapter 30: Nausea and Vomiting
Section B. Psychological/Psychiatric Symptoms
Chapter 31: Anxiety
Chapter 32: Delirium
Chapter 33: Depression & Suicide
Chapter 34: Dual Diagnosis and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Chapter 35: Grief and Bereavement
Chapter 36: Symptom Clusters in Various Solid Tumors and Hematologic Malignancies
Chapter 37: Palliative Emergencies
PART FOUR - COMMUNICATION
Chapter 40: Family Meetings
Chapter 41: Communication at the Time of Death
Chapter 42: Navigating Ethical Discussions in Palliative Care
Chapter 43: Culturally Respectful Palliative Care
PART FIVE - SPIRITUAL CARE
Chapter 44: The Role of Advanced Practice Nursing In Spiritual Care
Chapter 45: Communication Principles in Spiritual Care
Chapter 46: Life Review
Chapter 47: Interdisciplinary Team Collaboration and the Provision of Spiritual Care
PART SIX - SPECIAL SITUATIONS: WITHDRAWAL OF TECHNOLOGY
Chapter 48: Cardiac - Vasopressor, Inotrope Discontinuation, Cardiac Device Discontinuation, - LVAD, Pacemaker/AICD
Chapter 49: Withdrawal of Technology - Respiratory
Chapter 50: Other Treatment Discontinuation
Chapter 51: Palliative Sedation
PART SEVEN - SPECIAL POPULATIONS
Chapter 52: Survivorship-Ongoing Needs of Palliative Care Patients, When Palliative Care Patients Recur
Chapter 53: Cognitive Impairment
Chapter 54: Caring for Patients with Substance Use Disorder (SUD)
Chapter 55: Special Population: Economically Disadvantaged Urban Dwellers
Chapter 56: Caring for Veterans at end of life
PART EIGHT - THE ADVANCED PRACTICE PEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE NURSE
Chapter 57: Role of the Pediatric Palliative APN
Section A. The Settings of Pediatric Palliative Care
Chapter 58: Presenting Pediatric Palliative Care as a Model of Care for the Hospitalized Child
Chapter 59: Preparing for the Unexpected: Perinatal and Neonatal Palliative Care
Chapter 60: Pediatric Oncology
Chapter 61: Pediatric Care in the Community
Chapter 62: Communication in Pediatrics