Nausea is a distressing symptom that often plagues patients and their caregivers during the challenging end-of-life journey. It can have various underlying causes, demanding a nuanced approach for successful management and provision of comfort to hospice patients. This guide is tailored to empower hospice care teams with the insights and strategies to assess, mitigate, and expertly manage nausea symptoms through the development of patient-specific treatment regimens while considering alternatives to ABH topical gel, as it may not be the most effective treatment option for hospice patients. The medications in this gel aren’t readily absorbed via topical route, therefore providing little to no benefit. It has been studied that the act of applying the gel itself is what may attribute to the anti-nausea effects...... Download Full PDF
