Anita Duffy

A new and informative book introducing the principles of palliative care and detailing how these principles can be applied to practice. This book is based on the Health Service Executive’s (Ireland) Palliative Care Competence Framework by Ryan et al, 2014. This book clearly describes: -the need for holistic palliative care services across the lifespan and for common chronic illness -definition of pain, its symptoms, assessment, management and pharmacological...

Written as a step-by-step guide, this book answers all the common questions nurses have about writing their portfolio. Each chapter includes suggested activities and tasks that can be completed and put into a portfolio, so readers can create a portfolio as they go.