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RELATED CONTENT:

• Grief is the inner emotional response to loss and is exhibited through thoughts, feelings and behaviors. It is a letting go process of a person before the loss.

• The palliative care is an important aspect of nursing care and attempts to meet the patients physical, spiritual, emotional and psychological needs.

• Individuals have the opportunity to start the grieving process before the actual loss.

UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES:

The meaning of the palliative care is taken care of a person's body, mind, spirit, heart and his/her soul. The main aim that relies in palliative care is to give them a best quality of life the person can have during their end of life. There are 5 basic underlying principles in palliative care which is as follows:

a) Palliative care respects the goals, likes and choices of the dying person

• By satisfying their own and their family needs
• Get opinion from what they want and how the person need care
• Tries to understand their diseases and what they want to overcome in the future
• Helps to figure out what is important during this point of time
• Tries to understand the person's likes and dislikes about all they need for the rest of their life
• Works together with other health care professionals to reduce their illness.

b) More than this, the palliative care looks other needs along with their medical, emotional, social and spirituality.

• Makes them to feel comfortable and reduces pain and physical discomfort.
• Helps to make understand the person's family and give them support
• Avid loneliness
• Emotional support will be given to sort out emotional feelings and pains.

c) Palliative care also supports their family members.

• Understands the family emotional feelings
• Offers supportive services to the family caregivers
• Helps to overcome the expenses
• Helps and family members as they grieve.

d) Gain access to effective health care providers and appropriate care services

e) Also, gives excellent care at the end of their life

NURSING INTERVENTIONS:

• An effective nurse-patient-family relationship is need at this time to maintain an effective communication and also support.
• Assist the patient and his/her family members to set priorities for end-of-life care
• Administer pain medications and reduce any discomfort
• Always be with the patient to avoid loneliness
• Support the family members to go through the grieving process