Northern Health Palliative Care
- Northern Health Palliative Care Strategy 2015-2020
- NHPC Program Registration Form
- BC Palliative Care Benefit Program (Registration Form)
- No CPR Form
- NH Adult Palliative Care Order Sets
- NH Adult Palliative Care Crisis Event Order Sets
If you require copies of the Palliative Care Order Sets please contact Palliative.Care.Consult.Team@northernhealth.ca
Northern Health Resources
- BC Inter-professional Palliative Symptom Management Guidelines, 2017
- HYDROmorphone and Morphine are not the same drug! Poster
- MOST Announcement
- MOST DST
- MOST e-Learning Module
- NHPC Program Manual
- NH Palliative Care Symptom Guidelines 3rd Edition
- NH Palliative Care Opioid Equianalgesia Chart
- NH Palliative Care Bowel Protocol
- NH Pre-Printed Orders Frequently Asked Questions
Palliative Care Newsletter
- September 2018 - Respiratory Congestion
- June 2018 - End-of-Life Care and Serious Persistent Mental Illness
- March 2018 - Parkinson's Disease
- December 2017 - Severe Bleeding
- July 2017 - Venting Gastrostomy
- Feb 2017 - Food and Fluids in the End of Life
- Dec 2016 - Ascites Management in the Palliative Setting
- Sept 2016 - Responding to Desire to Die Statements
- May 2016 - Advance Care Planning
- February 2016 - Methadone for Pain
Palliative Care Hot Tips
- October 2018 - Providing Psychosocial Care, Tips for PSWs
- September 2018 - Approach to End of Life Care
- August 2018 - Nausea Management
- July 2018 - Dyspnea
- June 2018 - Fentanyl Patch Use in Palliative Patients
- May 2018 - Top 10 Tips For Delirium
- Mar 2018 - Bowel & Bladder Changes
- Feb 2018 - Reduced Appetite, Weight Loss
- Jan 2018 - Symptom Management Guidelines
- Dec 2017 - Neurodegenerative Disorders
- Nov 2017 - Difficulty Breathing
- Oct 2017 - Grief
- Sept 2017 - Principles of Palliation for Personal Support Workers
- Aug 2017 - Tools and Communication for PSW's
- July 2017 - Malignant Bowel Obstruction
- May 2017 - End of Life Care in Advanced Kidney Disease
- April 2017 - Palliative Sedation
- Mar 2017 - Role of Care Aides / Personal Support workers in Palliative Care
- Feb 2017 - Ethical Decision Making Algorithm
- Jan 2017 - Music Therapy and Palliative Care
- Dec 2016 - Top Ten Tips: Pain in Palliative Care
- Nov 2016 - Dignity Conserving Care
- Oct 2016 - Dyspnea
- Sept 2016 - Final Days
- Aug 2016 - Methadone
- July 2016 - Delirium and Dementia
- June 2016 - Top 5 Drugs in Palliative Care
- May 2016 - 5 Steps of Advance Care Planning
- Apr 2016 - Malignant Wounds
- Mar 2016 - Dehydration and Hypodermoclysis at End of Life
- Feb 2016 - Grief and Loss
- Jan 2016 - Nausea and Vomiting
Palliative Care Educational Videos
- October 2018 - Providing Psychosocial Care for PSWs
- September 2018 - Approach to End of Life Care
- August 2018 - GI Symptoms, Hydration and Nutrition in Palliative Care, LEAP Mod 5
- July 2018 - Respiratory Symptoms in Palliative Care
- July 2018 - Support Worker Education: Caring in the Last Days and Hours
- June 2018 - Pain Medication Management in Palliative Care
- May 2018 - NH Palliative Education - Delirium Top 10 Tips
- Feb 2018 - Support Worker Education: Decreased Appetite and Weight Loss
- Feb 2018 - Support Worker Education: Integrating a Palliative Approach into Caregiving
- Dec 2017 - Neurodegenerative Disorders
- Nov 2017 - Difficult Breathing for Personal Support Workers
- Oct 2017 - Grief
- Aug 2017 - Tools and Communication for PSW's Kath Murray
- July 2017 - Gastrointestinal, Hydration and Nutrition LEAP Core Module 5
- May 2017 - EOL Care in Advanced Kidney Disease
- Apr 2017 - Palliative Sedation Therapy LEAP Core Module 13
- Mar 2017 - Integrating a Palliative Approach for Care Aides/Personal Support Workers
- Feb 2017 - Decision Making in Palliative Care LEAP Core Module 4
- Jan 2017 - Music Therapy and Palliative Care
- Dec 2016 - Top Ten Tips - Pain in Palliative Care LEAP Mini Module 4
- Nov 2016 - Psychological Distress LEAP
- Oct 2016 - Respiratory Symptoms LEAP Core
- Sept 2016 - Top 10 Tips - Last Days & Hours LEAP Mini Module 10
- Sept 2016 - Final Days
- Sept 2016 - Palliative Care Resources
- July 2016 - Delirium and Dementia at EOL
- June 2016 - End Stage Renal Disease
- May 2016 - Advance Care Planning
- May 2016 - Nutrition in Advanced Illness at EOL
- May 2016 - Advance Care Planning - Expressing Your Wishes
- Apr 2016 - Malignant Wounds in Palliative Care
- Mar 2016 - Dehydration and Hypodermoclysis at EOL
- Mar 2016 - Hypercalcemia
- Feb 2016 - Grief and Loss
- Feb 2016 - Palliative Emergencies
- Jan 2016 - Nausea and Vomiting
Other Resource Links
- BC Cancer Agency
- BCCA Pain & Symptom Management
- BC Hospice Palliative Care Association
- BC Palliative Care Benefits Program
- Bereavement and Grief Services
- Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association
- Canadian HPC Nursing Standards of Practice 2009
- Canadian Virtual Hospice
- Canuck Place – Pediatric Hospice Palliative Care
- Caregivers Website - Ministry of Health
- Edmonton Regional Palliative Care Program
- EI Compassionate Benefits
- Fraser Health Authority Palliative Care Program
- Joint Protocol Expected Death
- Palliative Drugs.com
- Pediatric Palliative Care Norms of Practice
- Prince George Hospice Society
- Promoting Excellence in End of Life Care
- Victoria Hospice