Choosing End of Life Nursing (Ethics) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1925309266 ISBN 13: 9781925309263

Verlag: ATF Press, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

‘Death is inevitable—none of us will escape it. Ending life with a terminal illness is a slow and rather lonely process. I am interested in the question of why some nurses choose to work in the field of palliative care. I am one who willingly stepped into the role of being with patients at their most vulnerable time —when death became inevitable. My nursing history has spanned fifty years, of which the last twenty were in palliative care of terminally ill and dying patients. What was it that influenced me to move from a curing model to comfort caring only? My work is an account of how I discovered palliative care nursing after thirty years in the acute-care setting. I migrated to Australia at the age of seventeen after the violence of World War II and the death of my father in a refugee camp. It seemed that taking on nursing was the best way to settle into a new life. I was happy with general nursing but had a feeling that there was more I could contribute to my patient care. My mother’s unexpected death with cancer was responsible for showing the way. She died in the hospice unit of the hospital where I was employed. Sitting by her side showed me another aspect of nursing that attracted me to a career change. I transferred to the Hospice after mother died and remained there for twenty years. Naturally I wondered why this change of direction happened.’ - Susan Bardy

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Susan Bardy is an Australian based Registered Nurse who has worked in Palliative Care nursing and advocacy for over thirty-five years with a Phd which examines issues in Palliative Care nursing.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: ATF Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1925309266
• ISBN 13: 9781925309263
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 120
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