08.11.2020
Clinical Alerts
08.11.2020
CAPC Offers Open Access to Essential Symptom Management Courses
Management of common symptoms is an essential skillset for all hospice and palliative care clinicians. Therefore, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Center to Advance Palliative... 08.11.2020
Recommendations to Leverage the Palliative Nursing Role During COVID-19 and Future Public Health Crises
Throughout the evolving COVID-19 pandemic, palliative nurses will increasingly exercise their expertise in symptom management, ethics, communication, and end-of-life care, among other crucial skills. The... 07.13.2020
CAPC’s COVID-19 Response Resource Hub
The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) is promoting a newly organized and mobile-friendly site providing COVID-19-related tools, technical assistance, clinical training, and convening opportunities.... 07.13.2020
Discussing Autopsy with the Bereaved and Time-Limited Trials in Serious Illness
The Palliative Care Network of Wisconsin (PCNOW) provides peer-reviewed, evidence-based summaries of key palliative care topics (“Fast Facts”). PCNOW recently released 2 new Fast Facts... 06.04.2020
Prevalent Statin Use in Long-Stay Nursing Home Residents with Life-Limiting Illness
In a cross-sectional study conducted in U.S. Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing home facilities, investigators sought to evaluate the prevalence and factors associated with statin use... 06.04.2020
End-of-life PTSD and Care of the Catholic Patient
The Palliative Care Network of Wisconsin (PCNOW) provides peer-reviewed, evidence-based summaries of key palliative care topics (“Fast Facts”). PCNOW recently released 2 new Fast Facts... 06.04.2020
The Experience of Fatigue Across Five Chronic Conditions
In a metasynthesis of 34 qualitative studies written in the last 5 years, describing fatigue in patients with heart failure, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic... 05.07.2020
Psychosocial Assessment and Management of Agitated Delirium
The Palliative Care Network of Wisconsin (PCNOW) provides peer-reviewed, evidence-based summaries of key palliative care topics (“Fast Facts”). PCNOW recently released 2 new Fast Facts...