Nursing in hospice care – reflection
The death represents the final stage of the human living process. It’s a reality that we cannot escape. Concerning the activities carried out by nurses with the terminally ill, this article has as goal to deliberate on nursing care and the importance of hospice care. Starting with care and hospice c...
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Universidade Federal Fluminense, Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso Costa
2007-08-01
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| author | Jenifer Adriana Domingues Guedes Pedro Miguel Garcez Sardo Miriam Süsskind Borenstein |
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| description | The death represents the final stage of the human living process. It’s a reality that we cannot escape. Concerning the activities carried out by nurses with the terminally ill, this article has as goal to deliberate on nursing care and the importance of hospice care. Starting with care and hospice care definitions, we want to detach the nurses’ role in caring of terminally ill and his family, when it’s not possible to cure but only to take care. Although it is necessary a constant update of knowledge, caring in hospice care is an art, where the relationships have an important role and allow the preservation of person’s life quality even in a complicated situation, provide a tranquil death and promote a healthful process of suffering. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-648278a95bd447f493815e00f300afe12023-09-02T10:47:03ZengUniversidade Federal Fluminense, Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso CostaOnline Brazilian Journal of Nursing1676-42852007-08-0162Nursing in hospice care – reflectionJenifer Adriana Domingues GuedesPedro Miguel Garcez SardoMiriam Süsskind BorensteinThe death represents the final stage of the human living process. It’s a reality that we cannot escape. Concerning the activities carried out by nurses with the terminally ill, this article has as goal to deliberate on nursing care and the importance of hospice care. Starting with care and hospice care definitions, we want to detach the nurses’ role in caring of terminally ill and his family, when it’s not possible to cure but only to take care. Although it is necessary a constant update of knowledge, caring in hospice care is an art, where the relationships have an important role and allow the preservation of person’s life quality even in a complicated situation, provide a tranquil death and promote a healthful process of suffering.http://www.objnursing.uff.br/index.php/nursing/article/view/740Nursing careHospice careTerminally ill. |
| spellingShingle | Jenifer Adriana Domingues Guedes Pedro Miguel Garcez Sardo Miriam Süsskind Borenstein Nursing in hospice care – reflection Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing Nursing care Hospice care Terminally ill. |
| title | Nursing in hospice care – reflection |
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| topic | Nursing care Hospice care Terminally ill. |
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