06.13.2018
Clinical Alerts
05.09.2018
The Hospice Patient’s Right to Oral Care: Making Time for the Mouth
Providing proper oral care at end-of-life may be difficult due to patient compliance, a sense of futility in doing so, time constraints, and underfunding and/or...
05.09.2018
Pain Management at the End-of-Life
The appropriate management of pain for those with advanced illness remains a great concern as it may go unrecognized or untreated. However, barriers persist regarding...
05.09.2018
Communication about Chronic Pain and Opioids in Primary Care
Communication about chronic pain and opioids is often challenging, but there is little research on whether patient–doctor communication about pain affects the patient and physician...
05.09.2018
Fast Facts Resources
The Palliative Care Network of Wisconsin (PCNOW) provides peer-reviewed, evidence-based summaries of key palliative care topics (“Fast Facts”). Fast Facts #68 and #69 review differentiating...
04.16.2018
Nursing’s Role in Providing Pain and Symptom Management
A summit held on May 12, 2017, “Nurses Leading Change and Transforming Palliative Care” that was convened by the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association and...
04.16.2018
Antibiotics are Often Used at the End of Life, but at What Cost?
It is not surprising that antibiotics are overused, including in hospitalized patients at the end of life. While antibiotics may be beneficial for infections that...
04.16.2018
New Fast Facts Topics Available
The Palliative Care Network of Wisconsin (PCNOW) provides peer-reviewed, evidence-based summaries of key palliative care topics (“Fast Facts”). PCNOW recently released new Fast Facts: Fast...
03.12.2018
Palliative Sedation: When Suffering Is Intractable at End of Life
Palliative sedation at the end of life is necessary for patients with symptoms that are refractory to standard palliative interventions. Although recognized in palliative care...