Palliative Care Nurse-Case Study

Palliative Care Nurse-Case Study

Family members of a critically ill patient hold a unique position in terms of both, needing support to cope with the emotional changes as well as they need to give support to each other and to the patient. For healthcare professionals and palliative care nurse looking after a terminally ill child, the rest of the family can be referred to as hidden patients. This is because the family members including the parents and the siblings face psychological distress; they are under guilt as they cannot take care of the patient well (Kristjanson, 2004). Similar is ...