Reflect on potential patient outcomes and how you would facilitate the discussion of care with this patient’s family.
End-of-Life Care
End-of-Life Care There is a human tendency to postpone uncomfortable or unpleasant tasks. —Nancy Kummer, geriatric patient This human tendency to avoid the unpleasant makes end-of-life care and hospice decisions difficult for many patients to discuss with their families. Kummer is a former social worker who used to counsel patients with terminal illnesses, yet she avoided discussing her own end-of-life wishes with her children. While many Americans, like Kummer, agree that these discussions need to take place, few have actually had these conversations with their families (Lazar, 2012). Although initiating conversations about end-of-life care and hospice might be difficult for patients, as an advanced practice nurse, facilitating these conversations is an integral part of your geriatric nursing practice.
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