The Spiritual Experiences of Hospice Nurses
Lawrence James
The Spiritual Experiences of Hospice Nurses
Lawrence James
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Hospice Nurses
'The Spiritual Experiences of Hospice Nurses' highlights hospice staff's comprehensive care for patients, families, and friends. Patients receive medical, physical, psychosocial, and spiritual support, providing peaceful growth. While some may view death as the end, others believe it marks the beginning of a spiritual journey, such as the Christian concept of ascending to heaven. Hospice acknowledges and respects diverse religious beliefs, continually learning to accommodate and support various cultural perspectives on the afterlife.
The stories consist of patients with terminal diseases. How hospice focuses on patients who opt for hospice care to provide them with pain control and comfort care in their final days. The book emphasizes pain control, psychosocial and spiritual support for the patients, family and friends as the patient passes to a peaceful comfortable death.
One story follows a female patient with metastatic bone cancer who seeks hospice palliative care for pain relief and dignity in her final days. The narrative emphasizes the role of the hospice team, particularly the nurse, social worker and pastor in providing physical and emotional support to the patient and her daughter's spiritual awakening highlights the finding of solace and faith in the face of death.
The book appears to explore the experiences of hospice nurses and the spiritual encounters of patients nearing the end of their lives. It emphasizes pain management, comfort, family support, and individuals' spiritual journey as they face mortality. Through these narratives, the book aims to highlight the holistic care provided by hospice professionals and explore the profound spiritual experiences often accompanying the end-of-life journey.
Lawrence James ' The Spiritual Experiences of Hospice Nurses' sheds light on the holistic care hospice professionals provide and explores the profound spiritual experiences often accompanying the end-of-life journey. Through these narratives, readers may gain insight into the complexities of death and dying and the resilience and grace exhibited by individuals and their families amid profound loss.
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