Palliative nursing is specialized care given to people with serious illnesses so as to improve their quality of life. It requires special kinds of nurses and doctors like the state tested nursing aides and the certified nursing aides. In order for a nurse to provide special care‚ one has to have special biomedical knowledge‚ be kind‚ patient and patient because the sight of dying elderly men and women is heartbreaking. It is also very testing because an aide might bond with a patient only for him
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Pediatric Palliative Care Ana M. Gehan Thomas Edison State College Pediatric Palliative Care In modern society‚ children are expected to outlive their parents. However‚ for children living with life threatening illnesses‚ palliative care is an approach to care that enhances quality of life for both the child and the grieving parents. In the article‚ “Pediatric Palliative Care: The Time is Now!” the authors stress how important it is to start and/or continue pediatric palliative care
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Palliative care is a new topic that I am learning about this semester. Initially‚ when I would think of palliative care I would think of the nurse who was taking care of someone in there last hours. I identified palliative and hospice care as the same service. I now understand palliative care as the care one receives after you are no longer trying to cure a disease‚ but are treating to provide comfort as the disease progresses. Palliative care takes place for an undefined amount of time. Whereas
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Module LBR6247 Paediatric Palliative care A Critical Review of Literature regarding Parental choices in End of Life Care and the Development of A Rapid Discharge Pathway Sarah Bundy Student Number: 10701221 Total Words:2850 According to the Department of health (2008) ’End of life care focuses on preparing for an anticipated death and managing the end stage of a terminal condition from the point of recognition
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Implementation of Pediatric Palliative Care Jeanene “Nikki” Bowen Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies NURO540 Implementation of Pediatric Palliative Care Hundreds of thousands of children are diagnosed each year with complex life-limiting illnesses in the United States. End of life decisions in children with life-threatening or life-limiting conditions are a major challenge in the pediatric population. It is unnatural for a parent to have to make end-of-life
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Palliative Care: What is Palliative Care‚ Anyway? According to the National Institute of Health‚ palliative care is "treatment of the discomfort‚ symptoms‚ and stress of serious illness. It provides relief from distressing symptoms including pain‚ shortness of breath‚ fatigue‚ constipation‚ nausea‚ loss of appetite‚ problems with sleep‚ and the side effects of the medical treatments you are receiving." Palliative care is also known as comfort care. Often confused with palliative care is hospice
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Holistic Nursing Approach November 21‚ 2010 Holistic nursing application is the focusing on all the aspects of the patient‚ and their extended families‚ rather than the piece meal approach. Healthcare or nursing is multifaceted and multidiscipline‚ and with practicing nursing holistically and culturally‚ we have to integrate a variety of modalities such as self reflection‚ self care‚ and self responsibility in all patient’s lives. This enables the nurse a greater awareness of the interconnectedness
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Palliative Care for Children: Enhancing the Quality of Life for a Child with a Life-Threatening Illness Melissa Spitler English Composition 2 Instructor Barckholtz May 17‚ 2010 Palliative Care for Children: Enhancing the Quality of Life for a Child with a Life-Threatening Illness “Each year in the USA about 500‚000 children are coping with life-threatening illnesses” (Huang et al.‚ 2010). The standard of care for children living with life-threatening conditions is vital for these children
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Running Header: HOLISTIC NURSING Holistic Nursing A holistic nurse is a nurse who recognizes and integrates body-mind-emotion-spirit-environment principles and modalities in daily life and clinical practice‚ creates a caring healing space within his or herself that allows the nurse to be an instrument of healing" (Dossey & Keegan‚ 2008‚ p49). A holistic nurse will assist the patient and family during the recovery from illness or transition to death. A holistic nurse will provide a peaceful
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Holistic Nursing Holistic nursing care involves taking care of the patient as a whole and this includes the physical‚ spiritual‚ emotional‚ and mental well- being (Doosey and Keegan‚ 2013). As a nurse‚ taking care of these modalities will assist with promoting healing within and allow the patient to cope with their illnesses. An interview was conducted with a close family member in order to develop a holistic care plan. The family member sometimes struggles with dealing and coping with the current
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