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- Title
The role of nurses before and after a patient’s death: How nurses can recognise when a death is near, and provide compassionate care to the patient and family.
- Authors
Stacey, Alison
- Abstract
The death of a patient can be a difficult part of being a nurse and, depending on the healthcare setting you work in, may be something you rarely encounter. Regardless of whether you experience patient deaths regularly or rarely in your role, it is important to know what is expected of you as a registered healthcare professional. From keeping the patient comfortable in their final hours and maintaining their dignity to supporting family members and performing checks to verify death, there is a lot to get right. Failing to do this correctly can have serious consequences, with some nurses even being struck off the register for getting care wrong.
- Subjects
DEATH &; psychology; NURSES; NURSE-patient relationships; PATIENTS' families; DOCUMENTATION; OCCUPATIONAL roles; GERIATRIC nursing; PALLIATIVE treatment; MEDICAL personnel; DEATH; COMPASSION; HOSPITAL nursing staff; PROBLEM solving; HEALTH planning; NURSE practitioners; GRIEF therapy; TERMINAL care
- Publication
Nursing Older People, 2024, Vol 36, Issue 3, p11
- ISSN
1472-0795
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7748/nop.36.3.11.s5