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Descriptor English: Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing
Descriptor Spanish: Enfermería de Cuidados Paliativos al Final de la Vida
Descriptor enfermería de enfermos terminales y de cuidados paliativos
Entry term(s) enfermería de cuidados paliativos
Scope note: Especialidad de enfermería que se ocupa de la atención a pacientes que se enfrentan a enfermedades graves o incurables. El objetivo de la enfermería paliativa es prevenir y aliviar el sufrimiento, así como mantener la mejor calidad de vida posible de los pacientes y sus familias. La enfermería de cuidados paliativos atiende a las personas en sus últimas semanas o meses de vida.
Descriptor Portuguese: Enfermagem de Cuidados Paliativos na Terminalidade da Vida
Descriptor French: Soins infirmiers en centre de soins palliatifs
Entry term(s): Hospice Nursing
Hospice Nursings
Nursing, Hospice
Nursings, Hospice
Palliative Care Nursing
Palliative Nursing
Tree number(s): H02.478.676.350
N02.421.533.390
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D064946
Scope note: A nursing specialty concerned with care of patients facing serious or life-threatening illnesses. The goal of palliative nursing is to prevent and relieve suffering, and to support the best possible quality of life for patients and their families. Hospice nursing is palliative care for people in their final stages of life.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Hospice Care (1992-2013)
Hospices (1980-1991)
Palliative Care (1987-2013)
Public MeSH Note: 2014; for HOSPICE NURSING see HOSPICES 1980-1991, see HOSPICE CARE 1992-2013 ; for PALLIATIVE CARE NURSING see PALLIATIVE CARE 1987-2013; for PALLIATIVE NURSING see PALLIATIVE CARE 1980-2013.
History Note: 2014
Related: Hospice Care MeSH
Palliative Care MeSH
Palliative Medicine MeSH
DeCS ID: 55419
Unique ID: D064946
NLM Classification: WY 152.3
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2014/01/01
Date of Entry: 2013/07/08
Revision Date: 2015/06/29
Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing - Preferred
Concept UI M0582817
Scope note A nursing specialty concerned with care of patients facing serious or life-threatening illnesses. The goal of palliative nursing is to prevent and relieve suffering, and to support the best possible quality of life for patients and their families. Hospice nursing is palliative care for people in their final stages of life.
Preferred term Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing
Palliative Nursing - Narrower
Concept UI M0588144
Preferred term Palliative Nursing
Entry term(s) Palliative Care Nursing
Hospice Nursing - Narrower
Concept UI M0588143
Preferred term Hospice Nursing
Entry term(s) Hospice Nursings
Nursing, Hospice
Nursings, Hospice



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