Pain and Symptom Management
Breathlessness
Educational Support for Nurse Led Breathlessness Intervention Program
COPD Recommendations from Canadian Thoracic Society
Evidence-Based Toolkit for Health Care Professionals on Breathlessness Management, Peel Regional Cancer Program
Managing Your Breathing, Peel Regional Cancer Program
Managing Shortness of Breath (videos)
Medication
Drug Product Search, Health Canada
Drugs Used in Palliative Care (palliativedrugs.com)
Medscape Drug Interaction Checker
Institute for Safe Medication Practices in Canada (ISMP)
Ontario College of Pharmacists
Pain
Accreditation Pain Standard (Canadian Pain Standard), Canadian Pain Society
Assessing Pain in Older Adults with Dementia, Alzheimer’s Association
Assessment and Management of Pain Best Practice Guideline (RNAO)
Long Term Care Best Practices re Pain (RNAO)
Long Term Care Best Practices Toolkit (RNAO)
Pain Assessment for the Cognitively Impaired – A. Brignell
Cancer Breaththrough Pain and Rapid Onset Opioid – JBMH Palliative Pearl
Fentanyl Patches – ISMP Canada Safety Bulletin
Guidelines for Developing a Pain Management Program
Opioid Myths #1 – HPC Tip of the Month
Opioids Myths #2 – HPC Tip of the Month
Opioid Toxicity – HPC Tip of the Month
Pain Assessment Tools for Cognitively Impaired
Pain Management for Older Persons
Pain Management of Persistant Pain in the Elderly Consensus Statement
A Practical Guide for the Clinician: Neuropathic Pain
Long Term Care SBAR Report to Physician
Subcutaneous Indwelling Access Sample Protocol
World Health Organization Analgesic Stepped Approach
Palliative Sedation
Palliative Sedation Guidelines, Alberta Health Services
End of Life Online Curriculum, Standford University (Palliative Care Training Portal)
Palliataive Sedation and Nursing, Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing 2007
Palliative Sedation (Capital Health, Alberta)
Palliative Sedation Protocol (Champlain Region, June 2010)
Palliative Sedation Therapy – Sample Policy
Palliative Sedation Therapy Education Presentation
Sedation Scales:
Terminal Sedation – JBMH Palliative Pearls
Other Symptoms
Access to Palliative Care Articles from Palliative Care Matters (UK)
Cancer Care Ontario – Collaborative Palliative Care Plans:
Cancer Care Ontario Symptom Management Tools – Anxiety, Appetite, Bowel, Delirium, Depression, Dyspnea, Fatigue, Nausea & Vomiting, Oral Care, Pain
Edmonton Zone Palliative Care Program
Hydration Management – Policy and Procedure
Lymphedema
From CarePartners:
- Management of Lyphedema of Lower Extremities by Subcutaneous Drainage
- Policy and Procedure for Lower Extremity Lymphedema Management by Subcutaneous Drainage
- Client Care Plan – Lower Extremity Lymphedema Management by Subcutaneous Drainage
- Evaluation – Lower Extremity Lymphedema Management by Subcutaneous Drainage
- Data Capture Form – Lower Extremity Lymphedema Managment by Subcutaneous Drainage
General Resources
Knowledge Transfer Department Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (IC/ES – data on Health Care)
Long Term Care Best Practices Toolkit, 2nd edition
Long Term Care Homes Publication, Government of Ontario
Malignant Spinal Cord Compression – HPC Tip of the Month
Media Watch by Barry Ashpole (International Palliative Care Resource Centre)
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre
Myoclonus – HPC Tip of the Month
National Comprehensive Cancer Network (US)
National Council for Palliative Care (UK)
Performance Improvement -International Society for Performance Improvement
Palliative Performance Scale (PPS)
PSW Pocket Docket – Sleep Hygiene
PSW Pocket Docket – Towel Bath
Radiation Therapy – JBMH Palliative Pearls
Long Term Care SBAR Report to Physician
Sedation Scales:
Subcutaneous Indwelling Access Sample Protocol
Terminal Sedation – JBMH Palliative Pearls