Palliative care is a healthcare practice that seeks to address needs of terminally ill patients. ... Appropriate Practices It is appropriate for doctors to have palliative care timelines showing all the approaches they are going t use during the end-of-life care for terminally ill patients. ... A doctor is then advised to the current medical and functional status of patients. ... Inappropriate Practices It is inappropriate to use sedatives in terminally ill people as a palliative measure. ... Besides the provision of physical health care, BSN nurses have been trained to offer spiritual-psychos...

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I've learned to be a little bit more patient with her and other people. ... When my mother was ill years ago, I felt like life was not worth anything and I felt like I was not worth anything. ... I want to experience different patients with different situations. ... I learned that you have to be patient with people and give them some time. ... My mother and my sister's situations have guided me in a way to become better at being patient with people and to have more sympathy for those who are ill and can barely get up out of their beds because that could be anybody, a loved one, a clo...

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As an LPN, Jennifer is the front line when it comes to patient care. ... She is able to assess a patient's condition and explain any questions or concerns they may have. Then, Heike will develop a nursing plan based on the patient's needs and ensures that they meet the desired outcome to the best of her ability. Heinke explains the hardest part of her job, "often, I need to help them through a crisis, for example dealing with being in the hospital or being severely ill. ... Unlike her LPN or RN counterparts, Maureen does more long-term patient care and less hands-on work. ...

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Emotionally it causes stress when friendships are grown with ill or dying patients. ... Nurses administer medicine to patients, change their bedding when its messed up, check patients vital signs and much more. ... They often serve as a spokesperson between a patient and the doctor. Nurses do more than just assist patients physically, they provide comfort in their time of need. ... Nurses that work for hospice agencies care for patients in their home. ...

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It will re-assure the patient that you truly care. ... The core of nursing is being an advocate for the patient. ... Nursing advocacy requires that a nurse has the ability to speak up for the patient when they are too ill or weak to do so. ... I believe that the patient's family and significant others should be involved in all aspect of the patient care if they choose to do so. ... Therefore, it's important to me to treat my patients how I would want to be treated because that day will come when I will be the patient. ...

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L. is a 23-year-old homosexual patient Hospitalized in a large medical center on the East Coast. He is seriously ill with an AIDS related disease. ... Legally you have an obligation to the patient to keep his confidentiality, if he is not a minor. ... Instead of deliberately lying about the patient's condition the nurse should instead withhold the information and encourage the patient to tell the truth about his condition to his parents. ... Although if the patient requests that the family not to be let known of the disease, than we as healthcare providers are to respect the patients...

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WHY I WANT TO BE AN LPN There are several reasons why I want to be an LPN. The desire to help people has always been there for me. When I was fifteen years old I became a candy striper and loved it. I continued to volunteer as such until I was seventeen years old and then entered into the loca...

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Research Paper Everyday in this world, children become ill or get into accidents and need medical attention. ... They assist in procedures, testing, and diagnosing the patient. ... Becoming impatient with a child when they are ill and hurting would scare the child and they would lose their ability to trust their nurses. ... "Consider the critically ill child who is surrounded by beeping monitors and alarming machines" (Vestal 606). ...

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