End of Life Care
Comfort Measures at the End of Life
Order# ELC803
Presented by Rita Mastroianni, RN, MS
37 minutes
title price: $150; $75 rental
Terminally ill patients who elect not to pursue curative treatment deserve the best possible care.
Health care providers must know how to provide pain control and symptom management for physical comfort, and be able to discuss the physiological ramifications and basic ethical principles of withholding artificial nutrition and hydration.
Topics: respecting advance directives, artificial nutrition, comfort and support
Audience: Students in allied health and medical training; long-term and hospice care staff