Tools for Practice

Our clinical team has identified protocols, advanced practices, and assessment and evaluation tools to help support your practice.
Symptoms
Anorexia / Cachexia
Anxiety
Ascites
Bleeding
Bowel obstruction
Congestion
Symptom Management in Comfort End-of-Life Care of Pneumonia
An approach to managing terminal pneumonia, a common end-of-life complication in many progressive chronic conditions, including... read more...
Terminal Secretions/ Congestion
This article is part of a series of symptom management guidelines developed by the Fraser Health Hospice Palliative Care... read more...
Victoria Respiratory Congestion Scale (VRCS)
Assessment tool for respiratory congestion in end-of-life care, published in Medical Care of the Dying (2006) textbook, and... read more...
Constipation / diarrhea
Cough
Dehydration
Delirium
Depression
Drowsiness
Dyspnea
Fatigue
General
Hypercalcemia
Lymphedema
Malignant wound
Mouth care
Myoclonis / Seizures
Nausea / vomiting
Pain
Radiation skin reactions
Spinal cord compression - see Palliative care emergencies
Swallowing
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