PaedPallCare Link - RCH Palliative Care
What is PaedPallCareLink?
The basic premise of PaedPallCareLink project is that the provision of education to health professionals in general and nurses in particular, is of critical importance to improving the quality of palliative care provided to children.
The vision of the "PaedPallCareLink" is to create a system of ongoing education wherein key nurses are provided with;
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Opportunities to update their skills and knowledge in paediatric palliative care through participation in annual study days,
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Web-based Supports - for continual ongoing support. This will include information, fact sheets, presentations, case studies, journal club and interactive components,
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Regular updates on developments in the field through a blog and an email network,
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Links to colleagues in the field
These nurses would then be expected to take a leadership role in their services and wards. This will help in the identification of children with palliative care needs, referral to appropriate services and improved standards of care. It will also help to build important linkages between paediatrics and palliative care.
Clinical Resources
Using the NIKi T34 Syringe Pump
Checklist for set up (Put document in library)
On-line Training Instructions (Put document in library)
On-line Training Web Site (insert link below)
http://www.mckinleymed.co.uk/online-training/
Insertion and maintenance of BD SAF-T-INTIMA (Put document in library)
Nasogastric tube insertion guidelines
Basic Symptom Control in Paediatric Palliative Care - The Rainbow Hospice
(need to insert link for downloading)
Clinical Practice Guidelines - Death of Child (insert link below)
www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/cpg.cfm?doc_id=5305
Fact Sheets
For Health Professionals
How to introduce palliative care (Put document in library)
To hand out to Families
Palliative Care - An Overview (insert link below)
/kidsinfo/factsheets.cfm?doc_id=9458
Palliative Care - Hints for Families (insert link below)
www.rch.org.au/kidsinfo/factsheets.cfm?doc_id=9459
Palliative Care - Morphine Use (insert link www.rch.org.au/kidsinfo/factsheets.cfm?doc_id=9456
Palliative Care - Resources & Contacts (insert link below)
www.rch.org.au/kidsinfo/factsheets.cfm?doc_id=9460
Educational Exercises
These exercises are designed for health professionals (particularly Link Nurses) to use in their workplace to help develop and support their team's work in palliative care.
" Pathways into Palliative Care
" What is a good death?
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