| Palliative
Care Worksheet |
Strumpf,
N, University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing
BASIC PROTOCOL: Complete 24-48 hours after each Nursing
Home resident death
You may print and copy this tool for your own use from
this site.
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| Behavior
Log |
Strumpf,
N.E. & Evans, L.K. (1998). In N.E. Strumpf, J.P.
Robinson, J.S. Wagner, & L.K. Evans (Eds.). Restraint-Free
care: Individualized approaches for frail elders.
pp. 44. NY: Springer Publishing Company.
Used by permission.
for PDF version, click
here! |
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| Evaluation
of Siderail Usage |
Capezuti
E. Preventing falls and injuries while reducing siderail
use. Annals of Long-Term Care. 8 (6): 57-63,
2000.
for PDF version, click
here! |
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| Clinical
Podogeriatric Assessment |
| Arthur
E. Helfand, DPM. The clinical podogeriatric assessment
protocol has been developed to augment assessment
in the older patient. The objective was to develop
a process to identify foot and related problems
and stratify risk, for those potential foot
problems that might develop as complications of chronic
diseases, associated with older patients.
for PDF version, click
here! ---- This tool is also available online
in html
>>>A
longer version of this CLINICAL
PODOGERIATRIC ASSESSMENT (PDF)
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| Geriatric
Depression Scale (30 questions GDS) |
| Leonore
Kurlowicz, A review of the Geriatric Depression
Scale, in Try this! Best Practices in Nursing
Care to Older Adults. Issue 4, May 1999. Hartford
Institute for Geriatric Nursing, NYU.
for PDF version, click
here! |
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| Mini
Mental State Examination (MMSE) - review
included |
Kurlowicz,
L. & Wallace, M. About the Mini Mental State
Examination, in Try this! Best Practices in Nursing
Care to Older Adults. Issue 3, January 1999. Hartford
Institute for Geriatric Nursing, NYU.
for PDF version, click
here! |
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| Siderail
Decision-Making Tree |
Talerico,
K. & Capezuti E. (2001) Myth and facts about siderails.
American Journal of Nursing 101, (7), 43-48.
Copyrighted by Lippincott Williams
& Wilkins.
Reprinted by permission.
for PDF version, click
here! |
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| The
Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale |
From
Wong DL, Hockenberry-Eaton M, Wilson D, Winkelstein
ML, Schwartz P.
Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing. 6/e, St. Louis,
2001. P. 1301.
Copyrighted by Mosby, Inc. Reprinted by permission.
for PDF version, click
here! |
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| Functional
Outcomes of Sleep Questionnaire (FOSQ) |
| developed
by Dr. Terri Weaver and a team of Penn sleep researchers,
the Functional
Outcomes of Sleep Questionnaire (FOSQ)
identified a reduced quality of life for patients with
sleep apnea. The FOSQ is the first published self-report
measure designed to assess the damaging aspects of excessive
sleepiness on activities of ordinary living, including
activity level, vigilance, intimacy and sexual relationships,
general productivity, and social outcomes. |
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