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End of Life
(Englisch)
Nursing Solutions for Death with Dignity
Keegan, Lynn & Drick, Carole Ann

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Lynn Keegan, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN, is one of the founders of the holistic health focus in nursing and a well known leader in holistic nursing. She currently works as Director of Holistic Nursing Consultants in Port Angeles, WA.


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Foreword by Jean Watson, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN

Foreword by Barbara Dossey, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN

Preface

Acknowledgments

PART I: FOUNDATIONS

Chapter 1 Why People Die
Chapter 2 Death with Dignity
Chapter 3 A Place for Death with Dignity: The Golden Room
Chapter 4 End-of-Life Issues
Chapter 5 End-of-Life Costs of Care
Chapter 6 Legal and Ethical Issues

PART II: THEORY AND PRACTICE

Chapter 7 Theoretical Frameworks
Chapter 8 Letting Go: The Body's Shutdown Process
Chapter 9 Changing the Consciousness around Death and Dying
Chapter 10 Spiritual Perspectives
Chapter 11 Palliative Care to Hospice to the Golden Room

PART III: IMPLEMENTATION STEPS

Chapter 12 Guide to Implementing the Golden Room Concept with Health Professionals
Chapter 13 Creating a Plan or Proposal
Chapter 14 Preparing for the Future

Index


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"2011 AJN Book of the Year Winner in both Gerontologic Nursing and Hospice and Palliative Care!

"""The book is easy to read and is essential to all who work and care for those at the end of life."""

--David Shields, RN, MSN, QTTT
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Capital University

"""The book is thought provoking and, if you are like me, you will be assessing (consciously or subconsciously) how good you or your service are at providing holistic care around the time of death. It deserves to be widely read and I hope it starts many a conversation."""

IAHPC Newsletter

"""[This book] is a gem. It is a rare balance of an interesting read with an incredible integration of factual information. I intend to share it in my long term care circles...A wonderful contribution!"""

Charlotte Eliopoulos, RN, MPH, PhD
Executive Director
American Association for Long Term Care Nursing

"""Every once in a long while a short, succinct book comes along that awakens our senses and motivates us to action. [This] is one such book. It cuts right to the chase to offer a new, innovative change for an old, outmoded rite of passage."""Barbara Dossey, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN
Co-Director, Nightingale Initiative for Global Health, Canada and Virginia
Director, Holistic Nursing Consultants, New Mexico
(From the Foreword)

This professional clinical guide presents nursing administrators and nurses in acute care agencies, nursing homes, hospice, and palliative care settings with detailed implementation strategies for accommodating dying persons and their loved ones as they make the transition from physical life. It presents the need for and the development of the concept: "Golden Room" concept: a place for dying that facilitates a dignified, peaceful, and profound experience for dying persons and their loved ones.

This book presents a practical solution on multiple levels that will benefit all involved-patient, family, nurses, administrators, policy makers, and insurance companies. It presents the theoretical frameworks for end-of-life care and how the "Golden Room" concept fits into these frameworks.Published in partnership with the Watson Caring Science Institute, this unique resource:

  • Advocates the use of "Golden Rooms," which provide dignified, private, and safe settings for death and dying
  • Presents various cases that illustrate the need for a dignified death, as well as strategies on how to provide for this dignified death
  • Provides questions of concern after each case scenario, suitable for class discussion or personal reflection
  • Offers cost-effective end-of-life solutions for families, the medical establishment, and insurance companies

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