Norman (Carl) Swart, discusses the importance of palliative care for patients with cancer. Swart also comments on the importance of training nurses in this area.
Norman (Carl) Swart, PhD nursing student, Case Western Reserve University, discusses the importance of palliative care for patients with cancer. Swart also comments on the importance of training nurses in this area.
Oncology Nurses Provide Patients an Avenue to Supportive Care
November 12th 2019Palliative care is often associated with a patient entering end of life treatment and giving up on their treatment, but that isn't the reality of what id can do for patients. And oncology nurses can help guide patients to the right supportive care for them.
Impact of Goals of Care on Resource Use at End of Life
September 13th 2018Researchers exam­ined whether there were differences in resource use at end of life between patients with advanced cancer who identified goals of care focused heavily upon survival versus those who identified goals of care heavily focused on quality of life.