Symptom Management Algorithms: A Handbook for Palliative Care

Rating:
Summary: Simply Fantastic
Review: I purchased this book 2 years ago when I first became a hospice nurse and I have to tell you what a blessing it has been. Not only did it allow me to effectively provide my patient with appropriate pain and symptom management, but it also proved a wonderful teaching guide for the PCP for their patients.
As a Patient Care Coordinator, I recommend it to all of our field nurses. My copy is currently at the printing shop being lamanted due to its continuous use :)

Rating:
Summary: Simply Fantastic
Review: This is a valuable book for both new and seasoned hospice nurses. I only wish I would have run across it earlier in my career. I am now a certified hospice and palliative care nurse who orients new employees to a nationwide hospice provider and I am ordering a copy for each new nurse!

Although there are several hospice reference books out there this one provides prompting for thorough assesment as well as standard treatment options. The Oxford Text of Palliative Care is absolutely the most thorough and exhausting reference guide to palliative symptoms, syndromes,and treatments-but it is too cumbersome to be carried into the field for quick reference. The Peter Kaye symptom management book is also one that I have used and come across repeatedly in the field. It is easier to carry and the explanations are in almost lay terms, but it lacks easy to access to assesment prompting and treatment standards. Both of these books contain a lot of good information, but do not provide the practical guidance readily available in Linda Wrede-Seaman's algorithm book.

Rating:
Summary: symptom management algorithms:a handbook for palliative care
Review: This is a valuable book for both new and seasoned hospice nurses. I only wish I would have run across it earlier in my career. I am now a certified hospice and palliative care nurse who orients new employees to a nationwide hospice provider and I am ordering a copy for each new nurse!

Although there are several hospice reference books out there this one provides prompting for thorough assesment as well as standard treatment options. The Oxford Text of Palliative Care is absolutely the most thorough and exhausting reference guide to palliative symptoms, syndromes,and treatments-but it is too cumbersome to be carried into the field for quick reference. The Peter Kaye symptom management book is also one that I have used and come across repeatedly in the field. It is easier to carry and the explanations are in almost lay terms, but it lacks easy to access to assesment prompting and treatment standards. Both of these books contain a lot of good information, but do not provide the practical guidance readily available in Linda Wrede-Seaman's algorithm book.