3. • SUBMITTED TO
• MR.P. YONATANSIR,
• ASSOCIATE PROFESSER
SUBMITTED BY
MRS HEENA MEHTA
S.Y.M.SC NURSING
4. LESSION PLAN
• Title of the course: S.Y. M.SC NURSING
• Topic: Palliative care
• Date-08-09-2012 Place: 3RD YEAR B.SC NURSING
CLASSROOM
• Class hours: 1 HOURS
• No of students: OF 3RD YEAR B.SC.NURSING
STUDENT
• Language: LACTURE BY ENGLISH
• Teaching Methods: LACTURE CUM DISCUSSION
5. explain about palliative care
• Palliative care is care given
to improve the quality of life
of patients who have a
serious or life-threatening
disease, such as cancer.
6. • The goal of palliative care is to
prevent or treat, as early as
possible, the symptoms and side
effects of the disease and its
treatment, in addition to the related
psychological, social, and spiritual
problems. The goal is not to cure.
Palliative care is also
called comfort care, supportive
care, andsymptom management.
7. explain when it is used in cancer care
• Palliative care is
given throughout a
patient’s
experience with
cancer. It should
begin at diagnosis
and continue
through treatment,
follow-up care, and
the end of life
8. explain that who give the palliative
care
• doctors,
• nurses,
• registered dieticians,
• pharmacists, and
• social workers.
9.
10. explain that where do cancer patient
take palliative care
• Cancer centers and
hospitals often have
palliative care
specialists on staff.
14. • For example, the Center to Advance Palliative Care
has a list of providers by state
• athttp://www.getpalliativecare.org/providers on
the Internet.
• The National Hospice and Palliative Care
Organization’s Web site also has a list of providers
at http://www.nhpco.org on the Internet.
15. What is the difference between
palliative care and hospice?
• The goals of palliative care are to
relieve pain and distressing
symptoms of anyone with a severe
disease.
• Ideally, palliative care should be
started when you are diagnosed and
continue as your disease progresses.
16. • Hospice care is a form of palliative care
that is given to a person when cancer
therapies are no longer controlling the
disease.
• It focuses on caring, not curing. When a
person has a terminal diagnosis (usually
defined as having a life expectancy of 6
months or less) and is approaching the
end of life, he or she might
17. What issues are addressed in
palliative care
• Physical.
• Emotional and coping.
• Practical.
• Spiritual.
18. How can palliative care relieve pain
and other symptoms
• As a person's cancer advances, he or she
may experience a number of symptoms.
These symptoms may include
• pain,
• loss of appetite,
• fatigue, weakness,
19. • weight loss,
• constipation,
• trouble breathing,
• confusion,
• nausea,
• vomiting,
• cough and
• a dry or sore throat
