A framework for hospice nursing.
The paper presents a conceptual framework for hospice nursing. Nursing is viewed as assistance to the person whose self-care activities are insufficient to meet self-care needs. A literature review on needs of the hospice client is included toward developing a hospice nursing philosophy. The paper shows how guidelines for nursing practice in hospice can be structured around the client's self-care needs. Such guidelines include common nursing diagnoses, standards, policies and procedures. A suggested nursing documentation system is built upon the nursing process and structured around the patient's self-care needs.
D006738:Hospices; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D009736:Nursing Process; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000451:nursing*