For relatives and friends of the dying patient, the emotions connected with losing a loved one can be intense. The response to a loss may reflect the intensity of the previous relationship and the prospect of an impending loss can engender acute anxiety, distress and guilt at real or imagined...
The Nurse and the Terminally Ill Patient: Some Perspectives and Projected Actions Nurses in seven specialties offered their outlooks on death and dying. Questions are raised on the adequacy of nursing education in this realm, the feeling... L Hoggatt,B Spilka - OMEGA--Journal of Death and D...
Analyze the peculiarities of care for dying patients. How should a nurse deal with death? The actions of the nurse and medical personnel usually are aimed at minimizing the distress of a dying patient and helping relatives with the emotions connected with losing a close relation. Think of why ...
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Exemplary nursing is integral to meeting the growing demand for palliative care. Driven by population aging and the increasing burden of chronic, noncommunicable diseases, palliative nursing has never been in greater demand. Palliative nursing is committ
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They’re, “One time a patient was lashing out at all the staff. I talked to her and learned she was terrified because she thought she was dying. I took the time to educate her and she was calm and friendly the rest of her stay.” ...
This study recruited physicians and nurses who provided direct patient care in COVID-19 facilities. The rational for this selection was based on the understanding that compassion is embodied and imbedded within the interpersonal context, encompassing the process of noticing, feeling, and acting to ...
showed that more than 40 percent of respondents felt overwhelmed byethical issuesassociated with patient care responsibilities, such as when a patient's family's desire conflicts with the required care for the patient. Thirty-seven percent of the nurses surveyed had difficulty managing a dying ...