Pain and Symptom Management
Breathlessness
Cancer Care Ontario Dyspnea Guideline and Algorithm
COPD Recommendations from Canadian Thoracic Society
Educational Support for Nurse Led Breathlessness Intervention Program
Managing Your Breathing, Peel Regional Cancer Program
Managing Shortness of Breath (videos) (videos)
RNAO Dyspnea Best Practice Guideline
General Resources
Palliative Performance Scale (PPS)
Performance Improvement -International Society for Performance Improvement
PSW Pocket Docket – Sleep Hygiene
PSW Pocket Docket – Towel Bath
Radiation Therapy – JBMH Palliative Pearls
Lymphedema
From CarePartners:
- Client Care Plan – Lower Extremity Lymphedema Management by Subcutaneous Drainage
- Data Capture Form – Lower Extremity Lymphedema Managment by Subcutaneous Drainage
- Evaluation – Lower Extremity Lymphedema Management by Subcutaneous Drainage
- Management of Lyphedema of Lower Extremities by Subcutaneous Drainage
- Policy and Procedure for Lower Extremity Lymphedema Management by Subcutaneous Drainage
Medication
Drug Product Search, Health Canada
Institute for Safe Medication Practices in Canada (ISMP)
Medscape Drug Interaction Checker
Palliative Medications – ODB and Limited Use (LU)/Palliative Care Facilitated Access (PCFA) Status
Subcutaneous Indwelling Access Sample Protocol
Other Symptoms
Dialysis: Screening, assessing and managing the symptoms of people receiving dialysis
Cancer Care Ontario Symptom Management Tools – Anxiety, Appetite, Bowel, Delirium, Depression, Dyspnea, Fatigue, Nausea & Vomiting, Oral Care, Pain
Pain
Assessment and Management of Pain Best Practice Guideline (RNAO)
Assessment and Management of Pain in the Elderly – Learning Package Long Term Care
Assessing Pain in Older Adults with Dementia, Alzheimer’s Association
Cancer Breaththrough Pain and Rapid Onset Opioid – JBMH Palliative Pearl
Cancer Care Ontario Symptom Assessment and Management Tools
Dementia – Pain Assessment and Management
Fentanyl Patches – ISMP Canada Safety Bulletin
Fraser Health Symptom Assessment OPQRSTUV
Guidelines for Developing a Pain Management Program
Long Term Care Best Practices re Pain (RNAO)
Opioid Myths and Misconceptions
Pain Assessment for the Cognitively Impaired – A. Brignell
World Health Organization Analgesic Stepped Approach
Pain Assessment Tools for Cognitively Impaired
Palliative Sedation
Palliative Sedation Protocol (Champlain Region, June 2010)
Palliative Sedation Protocol (Waterloo Wellington, December 2019)
Palliative Sedation Therapy Education Presentation
Palliative Sedation Therapy – Sample Policy
Standardized Monitoring in Palliative Sedation Therapy
Sedation Scales: