The author clarifies that in the hospice, the patient's family members are, in fact, the primary caregivers under the situation. The best that nurses can do is to use strategies, which will incorporate family members into delivering the best palliative care possible. Failure to achieve the best results can create much moral anguish and sense of failure in nurses. Nevertheless, nurses who resort to this step should be convinced that they do what is right and worthy of praise.
Summary and Conclusion
Managing the pain experience of hospitalized children, cancer patients in home care or older adults in community dwelling is the responsibility of health care professionals. The nurse is a mainstay and front liner in the health care team in all settings.Therefore, it is her primary responsibility to know and perform the most and the best she can to reduce or alleviate her client's pain according to the rules. #
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