Palliative Care - A Nursing Response

This is a collection of research to help support nurses in this very important phase of all our lives. As my education grew and my work experience developed I realized how many nurses truly lack the basic skills to care for the dying patients and their families, myself included.

Through the creation of this document, relevant research was compiled to provide the basic information all nurses can utilize for any patient no matter the age group.

Based upon the most resent research available, and reliable sources for the nursing profession, the information below is a guide to our responses to patients and their families.