End of Life
Being with Dying
Your most powerful message has nothing to do with words.
Helping patients navigate end-of-life issues
An ANA Workgroup is drafting position statements on end-of-life issues.
Hospice and palliative care
What nurses don’t know about hospice and palliative care can hurt the patient and family.
Interwoven art of understanding
Communicating with crochet.
Managing end-of-life symptoms
For patients nearing death, palliative care can enhance quality of life by easing pain and other symptoms, improving sleep, and reducing fatigue. Managing end-of-life symptoms
National Priorities Partnership explores nursing’s contributions to healthcare transformation
Seeking to address major healthcare challenges, the National Priorities Partnership recognizes the many contributions nurses are making to advance its goals and transform health care. This article details the steps needed to optimize nursing’s contributions in specific areas.
Silence and Solace
Take Note – March 2008
Tending to all their needs: Advance care planning for pediatric patients
The Stories That Never Get Told – Compassion
Time of death after withdrawal of mechanical ventilation
When it’s my time to die
Failing to make our end-of-life wishes known to others can deny us and our loved ones important choices.