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
Constipation / diarrhea
Cough
Dehydration
Delirium
Depression
Canadian Association of Suicide Prevention
Website dedicated to the prevention of suicide and supporting individuals grieving a death due to suicide.   Complete listing... read more...
Canadian Coalition of Senior's Mental Health
Website with resources for individuals, families and health care providers related to senior's mental health issues including... read more...
Caregiving Strategies for Older Adults with Delirium, Dementia and Depression
This best practice guideline focuses on assisting all nurses (RNs and RPNs) who provide care to clients with delirium, dementia... read more...
Depression in the Terminally Ill
This article is part of a series of symptom management guidelines developed by the Fraser Health Hospice Palliative Care... read more...
ESAS-r: Edmonton Symptom Assessment System Revised
The revised Edmonton Symptom Assessment System Revised (ESAS-r) (1) replaces the ESAS (2). The ESAS-r is freely available... read more...
The Management of Depression in Cancer Patients: A Clinical Practice Guideline
This clinical practice guideline reviews the clinical evidence re: the treatment of depression in cancer patients and provides... read more...
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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