"AACN Protocols for Practice: Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues in Critical Care sets forth the evidence-based guidelines for providing appropriate care, whether aggressively life-saving or palliative end-of-life care. The Protocols equip critical-care nurses to effectively manage the following: symptom management; family issues and intervention; withholding and withdrawing life support; communication and conflict resolution; and caring for the caregiver." Additionally, the text includes a state-of-the-science review that provides guidance to critical-care nurses while acknowledging the limited evidence-based research that exists.

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