Identifying the Hidden Patients in Palliative Care: A Case Reflection
Keywords:
effects, administrative strategies, Teaching, Headteacher and Job performanceAbstract
The term palliative care emphasizes an approach that improves the quality of life of people living life-threatening illness and their families. We have come across many patients with a terminal illness where we played the role of a relative, a student, a staff nurse, a supervisor, or a nurse instructor. The purpose of this article is a self-reflection on the importance of considering patients as a family in our nursing care and give importance to the additional support to the care of patients and family especially in palliative care areas. This article also highlights the concept of basic need consideration of a patient and family based on Virginia Henderson’s Basic needs theory to highlight the importance of the basic needs of a patient. This will enlighten the students and staff nurses to inculcate the habit of reaching to the family members to make the patient and family comfortable in the hospital environment and for their support for the smooth functioning of the healthcare system.
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