Assignment task: Caring for Older Adults at the End of Life
You have very recently begun working as a hospice nurse and your first client is an 86-year-old with a diagnosis of terminal cancer. The client after discussing with family has decided to forgo any further treatments, and has expressed wishes to pass away at home with family present. The physician shared with staff today that the client is entering into the final days of life and that staff need to prepare themselves for the inevitability of death. You are attempting to prepare for your first experience with death.
Instructions:
1. Answer the following questions:
a. As a hospice nurse what kinds of services can you offer the client?
b. What kinds of services can you offer the family of the client?
c. As a new hospice nurse what do you think you might gain from this relationship you are about to create with the client?
2. Your paper should be:
- One (1) page or more.
- Use factual information from the textbook and/or appropriate articles and websites.
- Cite your sources - type references according to the APA Style Guide