Welcome Overview Pain Management Symptom Management Common Symptoms: Bowel Management Nausea and Vomiting Fatigue Fatigue Terminal Phase Changing Awareness Withdrawal Pain Altered Elimination Respiratory Changes Agitation or Restlessness Signs of Impending Death Caregiver Support
		The Terminal Phase of Illness Pain Pain continues to be treated aggressively throughout the dying process. Untreated pain, in addition to causing the patient and caregivers great distress, drains energy needed to successfully complete their life’s journey meaningfully. Thorough assessment of pain becomes important, as the patient may not be able to communicate verbally. At this time the medication profile should be reviewed, and unnecessary medications such a laxatives or antibiotics may be discontinued. If the oral route is no longer viable, the sublingual or rectal route can be used. Most needed medications come in liquid form such as Roxanol, a liquid form of morphine, or are available as suppositories.