A common goal for palliative care is pain management, where opioids like morphine are often on the frontline. Then, practitioners may build on medications from there, adding agents such as gabapentin ...

Investigators concluded that early palliative care may be needed for more patients with multiple myeloma (MM) as pain can manifest in different ways and severity levels depending on disease state, ...

Lung cancer's high mortality rate necessitated palliative care and pain management to improve patients' quality of life. Palliative care focused on symptom relief, emotional support, and family ...

Although pain management encompasses far more than the use of medication, it is a key tool and nurses must have a good understanding of each type of drug and how to use it effectively. Opioids are ...

Music therapy significantly improved symptoms of pain, anxiety, depression, and shortness of breath, among others. Vocal and emotional interventions were the two most effective interventions for ...

The importance of palliative care within urology is being increasingly recognised by the urological establishment following the publication of the Improving Outcomes in Urological Cancers Manual and ...

L-R: Sarada Lewis, RN, CHPN, Amy Lebolt, MSW, Julie Hirsch, RN, CHPN, Lynn Rapp, RN, CHPN. Not pictured are Lindsay High, RN, CHPN, Lori Leopold, MSW and Juliana ...

Are you considering a change to your career in nursing? Our new series of first-person accounts of what it's like to be a nurse in a nontraditional nursing role might provide inspiration to those ...

GP trainer and palliative care lead Dr Nicolas Alexander advises on the key non-pain symptoms that patients experience during palliative and end-of-life care, and how they can be managed. Complete the ...