Question

Who is responsible for discussing end of life care with the patient? Can it be the nurse? Why, why not?

Answer 1

Ans) Firstly, it the role of the Physician to discussion end of life care with the patient.

- End-of-life nursing encompasses many aspects of care: pain and symptom management, culturally sensitive practices, assisting patients and their families through the death and dying process, and ethical decision making.

- The care of dying patients is fraught with challenges for patients, their loved ones, and their physicians. Clinicians must keep in mind the difficulties a patient faces in this process as well as their own professional and personal obstacles to performing this work to the best of their ability. Therefore, end-of-life care is optimized when approached as a thoughtful collaboration between patients, their loved ones, and their treatment teams. While many Americans remain uncomfortable with thinking about and discussing end-of-life options, armed with this knowledge, clinicians are given a remarkable opportunity to help ease the physical and emotional suffering of patients and families confronting terminal illness and death.