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Palliative Nursing in Home Health Care Across the Lifespan

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: ABSTRACT: Primary palliative nursing in home health care (HHC) can be delivered to medically complex patients across the lifespan. Primary palliative nursing provides patient- and family-centered care for serious illness by alleviating the stress and symptoms of illness; coordinating care; and supporting the social, cultural, and psychological aspects of care. In this article, two case scenarios of patients in different phases of life serve as examples of primary palliative nursing in HHC. Key elements and challenges of delivering primary palliative nursing care in HHC are also highlighted.

Source: AJN American Journal of Nursing

DOI: 10.1097/01.naj.0001095240.11717.87

Authors: Komal Patel Murali, Chenjuan Ma, Krista L. Harrison, Lauren J. Hunt, William E. Rosa, Jackelyn Y. Boyden

Institutions: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, New York University, University of Pennsylvania

Language: English

Topic: Palliative and Oncologic Care

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging