Scientific evidence
The guide of operational procedures on palliative medicine includes recommendations associated to each procedural step aligned to the existent medical evidence, as found in the research of the latest medical literature, and which is qualified to be implemented not only in universities but also in hospitals and hospices or by any person who may be experiencing situations of medical palliative intervention.
Access below for each medical procedure a systematic research and study selection.
Performing urethrovesical catheterization (foley probe) in female patients
Performimg paracentesis
Subcutaneous automatic syringe perfusion
Conspiracy of silence - handling collusion
Active listening and empathic response
Communicating the diagnosis of severe illness (bad news)
Understanding patients suffering in the spiritual/religious domain and ways of coping and finding meaning and support through faith
Performing the bedridden patient’s nutrition
Perform daily hygiene of teeth, gums, mouth of incapacitated patients
Bed bath - washing a bedridden patient by using water and common soap
Pain Assessment - Measuring Pain In Conscious Adult Patients Using The Visual Analogue Scale
Prescribing pain medication according to the Who-pain ladder
Dealing with empathic reaction of overwhelming emotional exhaustion, feelings of ineffectiveness and self-doubt.
Discussion about end of life care (place of care, aggressive treatment, DNR)
Management of terminal phase
Prevention pressure ulcer - repositioning
Evaluation of the patient awareness level of his/her disease
Mapping patient’s network
Addressing caregiver’s needs
