by Beth Fahlberg | Apr 16, 2018 | Caregiver, NHDD, Person-Centered Care
What do you do when your loved one is in the hospital, and you feel like something is wrong? Or when you wonder if a test, treatment or medication is right for him/her? Rather than worrying or getting angry, it’s important to speak up. Your knowledge of them and your...
by Beth Fahlberg | Apr 11, 2018 | Guidelines, Oncology
In 2016, the American Society of Clinical Oncology published an update to their 2012 guideline. These recommendations integrate new evidence about palliative care provision in oncology. The summary recommendation states: “Inpatients and outpatients with advanced...
by Beth Fahlberg | Apr 6, 2018 | Person-Centered Care
Empathy—we have an inherent sense of what it is. We can often recognize it in ourselves. And empathy is often what prompted us to the healthcare profession – our desire to help people who are hurting. Yet do we actually practice empathy when working with patients, and...
by Beth Fahlberg | Mar 12, 2018 | General
Patient- and family-centered care that optimizes quality of life by anticipating, preventing, and treating suffering throughout the continuum of illness or injury, through the provision of holistic person-centered care (physical, intellectual, emotional, social, and...
by Beth Fahlberg | Mar 11, 2018 | General
“I know my patient needs palliative care, but what do I do next?” I’ve heard this question countless times from nurses who were frustrated and morally distressed about their inability to provide appropriate palliative care for their patients. As a nurse, this moral...
