The role of the psychiatric nurse in a home care palliative care program.
The psychiatric nurse can play a vital role on a palliative care team. Psychiatric nurses can work with patients to sort out the intense and conflicting feelings that affect patients and their families facing terminal illness and death. Patients can be guided through "life reviews," or nurses can craft interventions to reduce patient anxiety, assist with pain management, or promote physical and psychological comfort.
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St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center Certified Home Health Care Agency, Liverpool, New York, USA. Barbara.Snell@SJHSYR.org
D001293:Attitude to Death; D000529:Complementary Therapies; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D009518:New York; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009736:Nursing Process; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000523:psychology*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology*; D000078329:Workforce