ATI Activity Geriatric Clin Sim 2

Goes with ATI Palliative Hospice Care – Print post-test ATI Video Case Studies – Medical Surgical Palliative and Hospice Care - Comfort Palliative and Hospice Care Video Challenge Question: What members of the interprofessional health care team provide palliative/hospice care, and what roles do they play? Nursing staff, medical care providers, social service specialists, and spiritual support personnel. The role of the nurse is to be the patient's advocate and take care of the patient’s family after the patient passes away. Also, to ease end of life with as little pain and suffering as possible. Strives to alleviate pain. Respect pt wishes. Provide the most favorable outcome. Focuses on improving quality of life by preventing assessing and treating physical manifestations as well as psychological and spiritual. Hospice Care: have a prognosis of 6 mos. or less remaining to live. Palliative Care: When they have a serious illness. Discussion Questions: What are some ways that the nurse can ensure that a client receiving palliative/hospice care is kept comfortable? The nurse can make sure that the patient's wishes of what their end-of-life care is are met and also stay ahead of their pain. What are some ways that the nurse could provide for the psychosocial and spiritual comfort of the client? The nurse should ensure the client receives both pharma logical and non-pharma logical comfort measures. Oxygen therapy and positioning helps alleviate dyspnea and are a standard of comfort care. Complementary and alternative therapies can also be used to provide comfort for the patient. Opiates can help manage pain and provide comfort. The nurse can address the psychosocial and spiritual comfort by bringing in energy therapies and/or a pastor/priest.