hospice and palliative care nursing

Preferred Label : hospice and palliative care nursing;

MeSH definition : 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.;

CISMeF synonym : nursing, palliative care; nursing, palliative;

MeSH hyponym : Palliative Nursing; Hospice Nursing; Palliative Care Nursing; Hospice Nursings; Nursing, Hospice; Nursings, Hospice;

Details

Origin ID

D064946;

UMLS CUI

C0557533;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- education [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Hospice Nursing [NCIt concept]
- Palliative Care Nursing [NCIt concept]
- Palliative care Nurse [LOINC method]
- Palliative care nurse (occupation) [SNOMED CT concept]
Metaterm(s)
- palliative medicine [CISMeF Metaterm]
Record concept(s)
- Hospice Nursing [MeSH concept]
- Palliative Nursing [MeSH concept]
- hospice and palliative care nursing [MeSH concept]
See also
- Palliative Medicine [MeSH Descriptor]
- hospice care [MeSH Descriptor]
- palliative care [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- hospices [MeSH Descriptor]
- palliative care [MeSH Descriptor]
- terminal care [MeSH Descriptor]
- terminally ill [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Biomedical Occupation or Discipline [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Hospice Nursing [NCIt concept]
- Palliative Care Nursing [NCIt concept]
- Palliative care [LOINC method]

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