Clinical Tools
- Consult Triggers
- Palliative Care Eligibility Screening Tool
- Palliative Care Pathway Screening Assessment
- Pediatric Palliative Care Referral Criteria
- Patient Assessment
- Palliative Care Initial Consultation Template (Hospice of the Bluegrass)
- Palliative Care Initial Consultation (Fairview)
- Psychospiritual Assessment
- Spiritual Care Assessment
- Social Work Consultation Note (Central Baptist)
- Palliative Care Progess Note (Mt. Sinai)
- Family Conference Progress Note (Fairview)
- Family Conference Progress Note (Central Baptist)
- Family Conference Progress Note (Froedtert Hospital)
Patient and Family Needs Assessment - Clinical Guidelines
- Pain Assessment and Management
- Pain Management - Clinician/Caregiver - Controlled Analgesia
- Use of Analgesics: Selection, Route, PCA
- Medication Guidelines
- Palliative Algorithms
- Guidelines for Nutrition and Environmental Services
- Non-oral Hydration and Feeding in Advanced Dementia
- Removal of Mechanical Ventilation in the Dying Patient
- Use of Pentobarbital
- Managing Conflict
- DNR Orders
- ACP Clinical Guidelines
- ACC/AHA 2005 Guideline Update for CHF
Evidence-Based Interventions to Improve the Palliative Care of Pain, Dyspnea, and Depression at the End of Life: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians. The ACP produces evidence-based clinical practice guidelines that follow a rigorous development process and are based on the highest quality scientific evidence.